Piraeus-based Virtual Maritime Services (VMS SA) has launched a new service to provide commercial vessels with a high-speed connectivity, voice and data service technology with IoT capabilities.

In the glamorous surroundings of Athens’ Grand Hyatt Hotel overlooking the Acropolis, Navarino celebrated becoming the first Inmarsat Valued Added Reseller to reach its Fleet Xpress commitment of 1,250 activations.

German ship manager and independent charter owner of containerships Leonhardt & Blumberg (L&B) has renewed its long-standing partnership with Marlink for the provision of global VSAT connectivity.

OneWeb and OneWeb Satellites, a joint venture between Airbus and OneWeb, have announced plans to advance the OneWeb Responsible Space program with a commitment to implement an advanced-technology grappling fixture, developed by Altius Space Machines, on OneWeb’s satellites.

Marlink has unveiled BridgeLink, a technology agnostic solutions portfolio designed to interconnect on board Operational Technology (OT) within a standardised data structure.

French shipping company ‘Ocean Fresh Water’ (OFW) ships has selected Marlink to provide its multi-band connectivity solution, combining high-throughput global VSAT with an L-band back-up for connectivity redundancy.

OneWeb will host a roundtable in London on Wednesday November 6 to discuss what the new age of ubiquitous, reliable broadband could hold for the Arctic.

Marlink and Intelsat have agreed to a multi-year renewal and expansion of their partnership to provide broadband services to maritime vessels around the world.

Viking Line has agreed a communications contract with Swedish internet service provider AecorLink to improve the internet connectivity onboard its ferries.

Datasat, a provider of gateway internet services via satellite, has partnered with SES Networks to deliver end-to-end connectivity to a ferry fleet operating in the Mediterranean Sea.