• A shipowner’s view of the dry bulk sector
• Crisis is good, let's face it!
• How "Shipping KPI" and IT systems can help sail through "bad economical weather"

• The need to continue with training in difficult economic times
• Identifying training needs from performance reports issued onboard
• In-house training - certification and follow-up
• Filtering of useful information from a central crewing database

• Current status of vessel communication costs
• Various types of satellite technology currently available in the maritime market
• Fuel efficient operations – weather routing / speed optimization / optimised ship handling
• Percentage of communication costs on overall costs

• Latest developments in ku-band and C-band VSAT services
• Crew ePayment solutions
• Global presence update

• With One True Global Network, Iridium is today a fast growing Industry Leader
• Prepared for the future with IridiumNEXT constellation & NEXT advantages
• Iridium OpenPort™ advantage ; Lowest cost solution for ship’s business and crew calling, the reliable alternative to expensive time-charged legacy data satcoms

• Fleet Broadband and firewalls - are we ready?
• Bi-directional threads and reverse engineering
• “Time Warp" not applicable

• Overview of the results of the project Broadband@Sea
• Introduction of the platform Broadband@Sea
• Overview of upcoming activities of the Platform

FleetBroadband is Inmarsat's next generation of maritime services delivered via the world's most sophisticated satellites - the 14s. It will bring you simultaneous voice & broadband data through a single terminal incroporating the latest technology, to take you seamlessly into the IP age. Inmarsat will deliver a 2-hour "training" session on FleetBroadband at Digital Ship Cyprus. During the session, Inmarsat will update you on the technology behind FleetBroadband, the proposed coverage, the prospective services and the new terminals & network.

• The mandatory carriage requirement has been put into force last year. The effects of this requirement as well as the benefits and challenges will be discussed
• ECDIS opens up a wide range of opportunities to enhance the vessel’s performance through additional data and services. Such services may include weather routing, ice charts, automated chart updates, on-time spares procurement etc.
• Being a mandatory requirement, the paper will offer guidelines when considering installing ECDIS technology onboard

• Summary of generic type training as required by IMO Model course, ISM Code etc.
• Practical problems associated with delivering type training
• Solutions
• Future trends offering affordability etc

• Facing the challenges
• Current safety services provision
• 505 emergency calling
• Into the future
• Evolution and innovation

• Creating a new infrastructure – challenges and approach
• BSM integrated software solution – how we went about it
• The global BSM mail merger - integration of the different platforms and migration into one single system

• What is ERP?
• Can an implementation succeed?
• What is a success?
• Risk and success factors

• Shipdex initiative – how all this started (refresher)
• Shipdex protocol – it is not about communications, it is about technical information exchange
• Technical manuals/data in Shipdex format – where and how to use
• Shipdex data – real world application; showcase based on Spectec Shipdex tools

• ENC distribution, the needs for a safe and secure service
• ENC licensing, avoid cumbersome solutions
• ENC updating, simplifying the tasks onboard

• Management, monitoring and reporting – rising above the Inmarsat/VSAT question
• Regulatory compliance – not just a ‘nice to have’
• Value add services – can service providers and customers engage in a true win:win

• Simplicity:
  How the new Dualog Connection Suite has increased operational efficiency
• Crew Welfare:
  How Intership keep crew happy with zero-admin crew mail

• Prepaid crew calling (experiences and capabilities)
• Prepaid surf (experiences and capabilities)
• VPN solutions – focus on security
• IP optimization and accelerators – enhanced use of satellite communications
• Automatic switching from bundled solutions – The Access Controller

• Smart@sea™ serves as all-in-one modular appliance addressing all onboard communications needs
• Smart@sea™ relief the ship from using various high cost software for various applications and by this keeping the Ship PC
• On board light and effective, much less sensitive and routinely 'getting stuck . .'
• Smart@sea™ turn the ship into a real working station, just as it was located in the shipping company offices