Focus: Maritime

Inmarsat has signed a new deal for its Fleet Connect service, the operator announced on Tuesday. Evitalz Health Management will join a group of certified application providers to offer a dedicated […]

Iridium Communications partner Marlink has extended its partnership with Soremar Group to provide the Iridium Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) services and Vessel Monitoring Systems (VMS). Iridium said […]

Satcom Global is extending its Aura Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) maritime communications network, the company announced March 3. It is adding two new additional satellite beams, Astra 4a Nordic […]

SES has signed a number of new deals in the maritime/cruise sector worth around 220 million euros ($267 million). Four major cruise companies have now entered into long-term strategic framework […]

SES has a signed a five-year deal with Tototheo Maritime, a Cyprus-based maritime communications company, to bring data connectivity services to Tototheo’s customers. This will be done via SES Networks’ Skala […]

The past year will be known as a year of strife and great difficulty for the maritime satellite communication market, as a number of key applications have been greatly affected […]

Iridium Communications has started offering its real-time maritime emergency service, the company announced Tuesday. The service, Iridium Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS), commenced operation on Dec. 11th, marking […]

Satcom Global has added the NSS-6 satellite to its Ku-band Aura Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) network to expand network coverage and capacity across the North Pacific. In a Dec. […]

Marlink will provide Inmarsat FleetXpress service on eight vessels for Turkish shipping service provider Manta Shipping. The agreement, announced Tuesday, was signed through Marlink’s local partner Ozsay Satellite to support […]

Speedcast is selling its Inmarsat maritime reseller business to Inmarsat for $13.6 million, the companies announced Monday. This includes Fleet Xpress, FleetBroadband, and FleetOne, all Inmarsat managed services that Speedcast […]

SES revealed Tuesday that Mercy Ships will be using SES Networks’ connectivity solutions to provide better healthcare services. Mercy Ships is a humanitarian mission delivering healthcare and medical training in […]

Inmarsat revealed Thursday that it was awarded a new contract with Cobham Satcom to connect 732 fishing vessels in the Maldives to Inmarsat’s Fleet One maritime broadband services. The five-year […]

Shipping company PACC Ship Managers Pte Ltd. (PaccShip) has renewed its contract with Satcom Global Ltd, for Aura VSAT (Very Small Aperture Terminal) service for three years. Satcom Global has […]

Asian satellite players see great potential in future in the satellite data market in Southeast Asia moving forward. During a virtual Satellite Asia panel discussion, part of ConnecTech Asia trade […]

Inmarsat will extend its Fleet LTE coverage for offshore service vessels to the Gulf of Mexico, following successful trials with V.Ships Offshore in the North Sea area. The new Gulf […]

  The satellite industry is hoping that the maritime sector will see a rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021, not just in the cruise sector, but also in commercial […]

Comsat revealed on Wednesday the signing of a new distribution agreement with Orbit Communications Systems, a global provider of airborne and maritime satellite solutions. Through this agreement, Comsat expands its […]

KVH Industries, Inc. on Aug. 27 revealed TracVision TV10, a new marine satellite TV antenna in KVH’s TracVision series. A 1-meter ultra-high efficiency marine antenna, the TracVision TV10 provides the […]

ST Engineering iDirect revealed Tuesday that its long-term customer Paratus, an African telecommunications provider, deployed its iDirect modems with marine antenna from manufacturer and integrator KNS Inc. These modems and […]

AAC Clyde Space AB, Saab AB, and Orcomm Inc. on Monday revealed the development of a next generation, space-based VHF Data Exchange System (VDES) for maritime communications. AAC Clyde Space […]

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) awarded Thinkom Solutions a contract for next-generation communications on U.S. Navy ships. ThinKom will test and evaluate one of its […]

Hispasat extended its European and American maritime market partnership with solutions provider Syntelix for another two years, the Spanish telecommunications satellite operator announced July 2. Syntelix said it would use […]

Intellian successfully completed sea trials for its v85NX antenna and received type approval from Telenor to provide Ka-band service from the operator’s Thor 7 satellite, both companies confirmed. The Intellian […]

Eutelsat Communications has secured a multi-year contract with Telenor Maritime to provide Ku-band coverage for sailing areas in Europe, Trans-Atlantic crossings, the Caribbean, and South East Asia, the company announced […]

Crowley Maritime has contracted to install Inmarsat‘s Fleet Xpress on a majority of its vessels. Crowley Maritime owns, operates, and manages a fleet of close to 200 vessels including conventional […]

Dutch maritime navigation company De Boer Marine is using SES Networks’ connectivity and the Skala Global Platform to provide its clients with managed data services, the two companies announced on […]

Iridium’s partner Globalsat recently carried out the first South American installation of an Iridium Certus mobile satellite system on a regatta yacht belonging to the Argentine Navy.  The installation was […]

Danish satellite operator Sternula is leading a consortium that plans to develop a network for Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites delivering ice chart data to ships at sea. According to a […]

Satcom Global’s Aura VSAT (Very Small Aperture Terminal) solution now includes Ku-band hardware from the Intellian NX series of maritime VSAT antennas, including the v85NX, v100NX, and v130NX models, the […]