Communication


Wednesday, July 16, 2025
The Hong Tai 58, a Togolese freighter, allegedly damaged a submarine cable between Taiwan and Pengzhou
Defense

US Aims to Ban Chinese Technology in Undersea Telecommunications Cables

The Federal Communications Commission said on Wednesday it plans to adopt rules to bar companies from connecting undersea submarine communication cables

July 16, 2025
Total Views: 2452

Friday, June 9, 2023
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Shipping

MOL Completes Sea Trials of SpaceX’s Starlink Internet Service

Japanese shipping company MOL has completed sea trials of SpaceX’s Starlink broadband internet on board one of its vessels. The trial was conducted on

June 9, 2023
Total Views: 5164

Tuesday, January 18, 2022
Undersea Cable Fault Could Cut Off Tonga Communications For weeks
Shipping

Undersea Cable Fault Could Cut Off Tonga Communications For weeks

By Praveen Menon and Tom Westbrook WELLINGTON/SYDNEY, Jan 18 (Reuters) – The South Pacific archipelago of Tonga could spend days, or even weeks, cut off

January 18, 2022
Total Views: 3346

Friday, May 4, 2018
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Blog

How Does That Happen?

At a staff meeting about avoiding collisions and allisions in piloting waters with the Master and Pilot on the bridge my respected colleague responsible for

May 4, 2018
Total Views: 140

Monday, January 30, 2017
Editorial – Did I Understand You Correctly?
Blog

Editorial – Did I Understand You Correctly?

By Captain Grant Livingstone  I have learned a lot about relationships over 30 years of marriage.  The learning curve was not easy.  Initially I

January 30, 2017
Total Views: 148

Thursday, May 14, 2015
News

Marlink to Integrate with North Sea 4G Communications Network

4G connectivity is available in pretty much every metropolitan area of the world, and oddly enough, in the middle of the North Sea as well. Since 2013,

May 14, 2015
Total Views: 133

Monday, May 12, 2014
optical fiber cable
News

Prelude and Ichthys Projects to Gain 2000km Optical Fiber Link to Shore

Ichthys LNG and Prelude FLNG, major capital projects currently under development by INPEX and Shell, respectively, have announced plans to invest in a subsea

May 12, 2014
Total Views: 45

Tuesday, April 22, 2014
fleetone inmarsat
News

Want to Access the gCaptain Forum at Sea? Try Inmarsat’s FleetOne

[SPONSORED] While in Tokyo at Sea Japan the other week, I met up with Peter Broadhurst, Vice President at Inmarsat Maritime who was introducing a new service

April 22, 2014
Total Views: 23

Thursday, October 31, 2013
marlink astrium vizada vsat
News

Astrium Enhances VSAT Coverage in the Barents and Mediterranean Seas

Oslo, 31 October 2013 – Astrium Services, the global innovative provider of satellite enabled telecom solutions, is expanding its already comprehensive

October 31, 2013
Total Views: 70

Tuesday, October 1, 2013
sea of data binary information
News

Future of Shipping | It’s Going to Be About the Data – But Whose?

The future of shipping will in part, be about data. Big

October 1, 2013
Total Views: 93

Thursday, August 29, 2013
imtech marine ku-band vsat coverage
News

Imtech Marine Extends VSAT Coverage to Indian Ocean

Imtech Marine has upgraded and extended the coverage of its Global VSAT Network. In addition to its wide network, Imtech Marine can now offer VSAT coverage in

August 29, 2013
Total Views: 273

Monday, August 5, 2013
marlink astrium vizada vsat
News

CMA CGM to Upgrade Fleet With Marlink’s WaveCall VSAT

OSLO – Marlink has been chosen by the CMA CGM Group, the world’s third largest container shipping group, to upgrade the majority of its fleet to

August 5, 2013
Total Views: 168

Friday, August 2, 2013
inmarsat
News

Inmarsat Surges on RigNet Deal for Energy Sector

Aug. 2 (Bloomberg) — Inmarsat Plc, the largest provider of maritime satellite services, rose the most in a year after forging a distribution partnership

August 2, 2013
Total Views: 48

Tuesday, July 30, 2013
inmarsat 4 in orbit
Blog

Following a Ship Around With a Satellite Beam is Not a Business

In part two of my conversation with consultant, analyst and blogger Tim Farrar, we dive a little deeper into the undergrowth: what the High Throughput

July 30, 2013
Total Views: 66

Wednesday, July 17, 2013
inmarsat 4 in orbit
Blog

Not the End of History: Some Ruminations on Maritime Communications, Part 1

Tim Farrar is an analyst and blogger who has been covering the satellite industry since the mid-1990s. We had crossed paths before, notably discussing his End

July 17, 2013
Total Views: 31

Thursday, June 6, 2013
marlink astrium vizada vsat
News

Stolt Tankers to Get High-Speed Internet at Sea

Marlink announced that Stolt Tankers has chosen the Sealink Global Ku-band VSAT service to upgrade its entire fleet of deep sea and regional tankers.

June 6, 2013
Total Views: 70

Wednesday, June 5, 2013
inmarsat
News

Chemfleet Tankers Moves to Inmarsat Fleetbroadband

Chemfleet, one of the largest chemical tanker shipping companies in Turkey, has selected Inmarsat’s FleetBroadband (FB) service to provide critical data

June 5, 2013
Total Views: 50

Tuesday, May 28, 2013
inmarsat
News

Swire Pacific’s Fleet Gets Unlimited Internet Access

Swire Pacific Offshore (SPO), a Singapore-based leading service provider to the offshore oil and gas industry, is upgrading to Inmarsat’s FleetBroadband

May 28, 2013
Total Views: 90

Tuesday, April 23, 2013
marlink astrium vizada vsat
News

Hartmann Reederei Upgrades Their 74 Ships with Marlink VSAT

Oslo, 23 April 2013 – German ship operator Hartmann Reederei has chosen Marlink to supply standardized Ku-band VSAT services to a diversified fleet of 74

April 23, 2013
Total Views: 103

Wednesday, February 6, 2013
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News

Ancylus and Net 1 Deliver Hybrid Communications for the Scandinavian Offshore Market

Swedish broadband satellite provider Ancylus AB and Net1 have announced a strategic partnership to offer the Scandinavian and the Nordic maritime market a

February 6, 2013
Total Views: 34