Speedcast is set to emerge from Chapter 11 with a new USD $500 million equity investment from Centerbridge. The funding will be used in part to repay all of its USD $285 million debtor-in-possession financing, as well as a permanent reduction of all of the USD $634 million senior secured…

Inmarsat has completed its 10,000th Fleet Xpress ship installation and at the same time has launched a new ‘Fleet Data Academy’ with existing partners, shipowners and operators. The academy will support the full understanding and adoption of the rapidly growing range of digital applications that are making the maritime industry…

Tapiit Live, the Liverpool based maritime training company, has staged the first ever live-stream mass to seafarers aboard an offshore support vessel.

Arklow Shipping the Ireland headquartered shipowner and charterer, has contracted communications solutions provider, Satcom Global, to install Aura VSAT across seventeen new build vessels which will begin delivery in 2021.

Navarino’s new Prodigy hybrid service, which combines Intelsat FlexMaritime’s network over a 1m v100 Intellian antenna and the L-band network by Iridium Certus, has been installed on a Millenia Maritime chemical tanker in Piraeus. Six of the seven vessel fleet is now under the support of Navarino’s FX service.

Norwegian trawler Trygvason has installed two Lars Thrane LT-3100S GMDSS terminals by local marine services specialist Brommeland Elektronikk, with Iridium GMDSS service provided by remote communications solutions provider, Applied Satellite Technology (AST).

OneWeb has secured additional funding from SoftBank Group and Hughes Network Systems, bringing OneWeb’s total funding to $1.4 billion. The capital raised to date positions the Company to be fully funded for its first-generation satellite fleet, totaling 648 satellites, by the end of 2022.

Maritime publishing experts Witherbys has put cybersecurity, flexible access and increased data at the heart of its new ereader software, Witherby Connect. The software allows seafarers to access the latest information and guidance instantly and easily. The new software will enable mariners anywhere in the world to continue to reference…

KVH Industries has announced today (January 14) that marine technical services leader Kilo Marine has joined the KVH Watch Solution Partner program and will offer KVH Watch connectivity as part of a wide range of marine services.

FrontM has joined the fast-growing group of certified application providers to offer a dedicated application for Inmarsat’s Fleet Connect service.