Focus: Maritime

Energy company MAN Energy Solutions (MAN-ES) is a new Spire Global customer, and will use Spire’s AIS and weather data for a marine monitoring tool.  The company has an engineering...

Cruise company Holland America Line is more than halfway through updating the internet on its fleet of 11 ships to SpaceX’s Starlink service. Holland America announced Monday that it expects...

Can Marine Systems signed a deal with Eutelsat Communications for access to satellite connectivity over the Asia-Pacific region. Under the agreement announced Tuesday, Can Marine Systems has access to Eutelsat...

Starlink has signed another key contract in the maritime arena as it looks to make traction in this vertical. Hapag-Lloyd will start to use Starlink’s satellite internet technology across its...

Luxury British cruise line Cunard signed a deal for SpaceX’s Starlink internet service across its fleet, the company announced Monday.  Cunard began rolling out Starlink on its fleet in June....

Viasat will provide Wi-Fi for two ferries to Vancouver Island through a new deal with Hullo and the Vancouver Island Ferry Company. Hullo’s new high-speed ferries, Spuhéls and Sthuqi’, recently...

A new Eutelsat satellite has entered service. The operator announced Monday that Eutelsat 10B is now in service at 10 degrees East, after SpaceX launched the satellite in November. Thales...

Marine enforcement company OceanMind is expanding its agreement with Spire Global for automatic identification system (AIS) vessel-tracking data. Spire has been providing AIS data to OceanMind since 2019. OceanMind supports...

Rivada Space Networks and has signed an MoU with satellite service provider IEC Telecom to work together on land and maritime communications. According to a Monday announcement, IEC Telecom plans...

The government of Australia has awarded HawkEye 360 a contract for a pilot program for maritime domain awareness in the Pacific Islands, the company announced July 6. The pilot program...