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January 28 2011
 
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Mowinckel offers free SMS and e-mail to crews  
- Mowinckel Ship Management has installed the CrewCommCenter from SeaSecure across its fleet, an application which offers free SMS and e-mail for crews for a fixed monthly cost. >>more

 

New satcom products launched  
- Global Marine Networks and GMPCS Personal Communications have announced the availability of two new products, the Speedmail satellite e-mail service and 'The Box', a satellite router with access control used to manage satellite airtime. >>more

 

VSAT deal for V.Ships Offshore  
- Broadpoint has announced the signing of new contracts with shipping company V.Ships Offshore, to provide Ku- and C-band VSAT satellite services for the company's worldwide operations. >>more

 

Orange VSAT for Crest Subsea  
- Crest Subsea is to install VSAT from Orange Business Services to run the communication infrastructure of its diving support vessels. >>more

 

Iridium-based system approved  
- Tesacom has announced that Iridium has certified its new VKI maritime satellite communication system for operation on the Iridium network. >>more

 

Engine monitoring system from FLAGSHIP  
- The European FLAGSHIP maritime transport project, part funded by the EU, has developed a monitoring system that applies the Technical Condition Indexing scheme (TCI) to help a ship's crew monitor and improve the technical condition of vessel engines. >>more

 

Ship Equip hits 900 in 2011  
  - Ship Equip has got 2011 off to a good start, reporting that its total number of installed VSAT systems has passed 900 in the new year. >>more

 

ABS-NS reports record year  
- ABS Nautical Systems has announced that it achieved record growth in 2010, signing 83 new clients with a combined total of 1,053 vessels overall. >>more

 

Global service programme launched by Iridium  
- Iridium is establishing a 'Global Service Program' for customers of its Iridium OpenPort system, which aims to provide shipboard support to any OpenPort customer at more than 50 ports. >>more

 

POSH contract for Veripos  
- Veripos has been awarded a five-year contract for positioning services by offshore company POSH Semco of Singapore. >>more

 

Shipping App tops iPhone chart
- Ship It!, a shipping-themed iPhone game from e-learning company Coracle, has topped the Games/Educational charts in the Apple App Store in 10 countries (France, Portugal, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Poland, Turkey, Hungary, Czech Republic, Guatemala and Argentina). >>more

 

Collaboration on NMEA 2000 interface
- Actisense and Nobeltec have announced that have collaborated in a project to integrate NMEA 2000 technology into Nobeltec software packages. >>more



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