Focus: Maritime

Inmarsat completed a key maritime connectivity installation in collaboration with un-crewed surface vessel (USV) technology company SEA-KIT International. The U.K. satellite operator said the installation uses virtualized networks that aim...

In October this year, Carnival Cruises announced that John Padgett would become the new president of Princess Cruises (one of Carnival’s main cruise line brands), overseeing all performance and operational...

Inmarsat, which announced an In-Flight Connectivity deal with Saudia this week, has now announced a new maritime contract with Maersk. Inmarsat has extended its FleetXpress service agreement with Maersk Supply...

Airbus has announced details of a United Kingdom maritime government deployment of satellite communications. The company is delivering the primary satellite communications to the U.K. Carrier Strike Group 2021 (CSG21)...

Iridium launched the Iridium Certus 100 midband service this week for maritime, land mobile, IoT, aviation, and government customers.  The midband speeds can support email, messaging applications, media sharing, telemetry...

OneWeb has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Tampnet to conduct service trials in 2022 to test OneWeb’s low latency connectivity in an offshore energy environment. Under the agreement...

Space-based data, analytics, and services provider Spire Global released an updated version of its maritime data service on Wednesday. The upgrade, “Maritime 2.0,” aims to improve Spire’s marine data capabilities,...

Inmarsat‘s 2021 executive leadership shake-up continues. The U.K. operator confirmed Thursday that it has replaced Ronald Spithout, who has led its Maritime business unit since 2014, with Ben Palmer, the...

Inmarsat has signed a new deal in the maritime area for its new Fleet LTE service. The company announced Sept. 28 that Solstad Offshore — one of the largest offshore...

Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) transport group Petredec is extending its Fleet Xpress service agreement with Inmarsat. This expanded deal involves a new commitment to Inmarsat’s Fleet Hotspot internet portal service, which...