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Fleet Xpress in Northern Europe - Feature Image
Mike Mathison
Tuesday, 13 September 2016 / Published in Broadband, Inmarsat, Intelligence News & Updates., Internet

Inmarsat Extends Fleet Xpress in Northern Europe

16 August 2016: Inmarsat is extending Fleet Xpress in Northern Europe, demonstrating a new market-specific commitment for the high-speed broadband service that is revolutionizing maritime connectivity.

Launched at the end of March 2016, Inmarsat Maritime’s Fleet Xpress service achieves the highest levels of reliable high speed connectivity and exceptional performance across the world’s oceans, as well as facilitating innovative applications to enhance safety, crew welfare, and operational efficiency.

The extension of Fleet Xpress, announced at leading fisheries event Nor-Fishing, will reach across the North Sea, Norwegian Sea, Barents Sea, and Baltic Sea.

Region-Specific

“We prioritized this area as a focus for region-specific roll-out after listening to the needs of our customers,” said Ronald Spithout, President Inmarsat Maritime. “We can now address the specific requirements of the large number of fishing and offshore support vessels in the region with segment specific plans.

“The new plans will enable fishing companies to realize the power of big data and to take advantage of revolutionary new applications that together will maximize vessel performance and help save operational cost. We have a number of fishing vessels in the region, such as the MS Smaragd, that are currently migrating from XpressLink, Inmarsat’s Ku-band hybrid service, to Fleet Xpress, and will be able to benefit from higher speeds and higher capacity in the region.

“We also realize there are a great deal of offshore support vessels based in the region with a need to transfer real-time operational data to the oil majors back ashore to help drive efficiencies and save costs.”

Crew Welfare

Reliable connectivity will also address welfare issue for crews. Commercial fishing crews have a close affinity with mobile technology – on average bringing three devices each on board. In offshore, the presence or lack of Internet often determines crew retention rates.

“Fleet Xpress allows seafarers easy and reliable connectivity,” said Ronald. “For mariners working in some of the most demanding conditions at sea, links to friends and family are vital, while Internet access alleviates boredom during downtime.”

References

Inmarsat extends Fleet Xpress in Northern Europe – Inmarsat. (2016, August 16). Retrieved September 14, 2016, from https://www.inmarsat.com/news/inmarsat-extends-fleet-xpress-northern-europe/

Tagged under: Fleet Xpress, Global Communications, Inmarsat, Maritime Communications, Voice and Data at Sea

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