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News
Flat-fee FB and VSAT package from Stratos
- Stratos Global has introduced an new broadband service for the maritime industry called FBBPlus, which will offer a combined package of FleetBroadband 500 and Ku-band VSAT for a fixed monthly fee. >>more Inmarsat awards Global Xpress contract
- Inmarsat has announced that it has awarded a contract to VT iDirect, valued at approximately US$60 million, to provide the ground network infrastructure and core module technology for integration into the satellite terminals for Inmarsat's forthcoming Global Xpress VSAT service. >>more Höegh Autoliners to install Softship software system
- Maritime software provider Softship has won a contract with Höegh Autoliners to replace the vessel operator's core business systems with a new company-wide software solution. >>more Software deal for ABC
- Swiss company ABCmaritime has agreed a deal with Norwegian company BASS to install the entire BASSnet 2.7 software suite on a fleet of 40 vessels. >>more KT and SpeedCast in Ku partnership
- Korean telecoms provider KT has signed an alliance agreement with satellite services company SpeedCast, to deliver global maritime network services for its maritime customers via SpeedCast's Ku-band network. >>more
CETel buys SeaMobile Europe
- German teleport and satellite service provider CETel (Central European Telecom Services) has entered into an agreement to acquire SeaMobile Europe. >>more UK tanker installs planned maintenance system
- Marine Software reports that it has supplied its MPM - Marine Planned Maintenance system to UK-based John H Whitaker Tankers, to be installed onboard the company's latest 2,779 dwt bunker barge 'Whithaven'. >>more Online seafarer psychometric testing launched
- Seagull is launching an online version of APRO, a psychometric ability test tool aimed specifically at seafarers. >>more Anti-piracy communications system launched
- Applied Satellite Engineering (ASE) has introduced a new system which aims to allow crews on a vessel under attack by pirates to retreat to a safe area while still maintaining communications links with the shore. >>more Intellian upgrades maritime TV antenna
- Intellian has announced an upgrade to its w-Series marine satellite TV antenna range, which it says is compatible with TV programming signals in all world markets. >>more Seatec installs software package
- MirTac reports that it has successfully completed the implementation of the Star IPS asset management software system from Star Information Systems for maritime company Seatec. >>more Supply chain performance tools show shipping's green credentials
- DNV reports that it has completed the development of a supply chain performance tool, together with partners in the MARLEN project, for calculating the environmental impact and energy efficiency of maritime logistics chains. >>more Korea to invest in 'green' shipbuilding
- The Korean government has pledged to invest approximately $270 million in the development of 'green' shipbuilding technology over the next decade, according to local reports. >>more Power to the Port
- The Port of Los Angeles has become the first port worldwide to provide Alternative Maritime Power (AMP) to three separate cruise lines. >>more
South African terminal moves to web-based system
- South African port operator Transnet Port Terminals is to begin its nationwide rollout of the Navis SPARCS N4 terminal operating system with the introduction of the system at the Durban Container Terminal (DCT). >>more
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