The Satcom ‘Highway’ will Enable Maritime Digitalization & IoT Solutions
ORCHESTRA, ELERA is designed to be a catalyst for increased IoT solutions across all vertical markets that Inmarsat services, including maritime and offshore energy.“The drivers (for ELERA) are the accelerated demands on IOT and the ongoing growth of functionality where you need it for your safety services,” said Spithout, noting that the new technology is designed to be smaller, lighter, faster and cheaper, and confirms Inmarsat’s commitment to L-band services.ELERA will be designed to create the smallest footprint, low-cost terminal for L-band users, according to Inmarsat &ldquo
Real-time ECDIS Updates via FleetBroadband
in L-band for maritime is continuing; its I-6 satellites, the first of which is planned for launch next year, will add both L-band and Ka-band capacity to the network.L-band services available over the I-6 satellites will support Inmarsat’s fully IMO-approved next generation advanced global safety services – Fleet Safety - and low cost mobile services to Internet of Things (IoT) applications, Spithout said.John Laderos, Chief Executive of SRH Marine Electronics, said that the combination of FleetBroadband and the SRH Marine ECDIS Digital Services distribution platform would help boost e-navigatio
Titanic Survey Personnel to Receive Helicopter Safety Training
team due to survey the Titanic shipwreck in a few months’ time will receive helicopter safety training before diving down to the historic shipwreck this summer. The group leading the 2018 Titanic Survey Expedition, manned-submersible services provider OceanGate Inc., said Falck Safety Services Canada will provide Helicopter Underwater Egress Training (HUET) for the expedition crew, mission specialists and content experts who will fly about 400 miles due south from St. John’s, Newfoundland to rendezvous with the dive support ship at sea in June. In preparation for the
Sovcomflot Ups its Role in the Sakhalin-2 Project
flag. Under the signed agreements, the vessels will continue to be used for year-round delivery of supplies and consumables to three production platforms in the Sea of Okhotsk. In the event of an emergency, the vessels will be able to provide environmental protection and platform personnel safety services, including platform evacuation and fire suppression. As part of the Sakhalin-2 project SCF Group also operates three Aframax shuttle tankers (Zaliv Aniva, Sakhalin Island and Governor Farkhutdinov) and, in partnership with the Japanese NYK Line, two LNG tankers, each with a capacity
Inmarsat C Celebrates 25 Years Saving Llives at Sea
over the service in 2015. The disclosure demonstrates how the decision made by IMO administrations requiring all ships of more than 300 gross tons to be fitted with a Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) remains pivotal in protecting lives at sea. Inmarsat is the only safety services provider in the world approved to deliver GMDSS under the rigorous International Convention for the Safety of Life At Sea requirements. Ronald Spithout, Inmarsat Maritime President, commented: “Over its lifetime, GMDSS has made the biggest single contribution to maritime
New Data Safety Service for Inmarsat FleetBroadband
and the same reliability of over 99.9 per cent associated with the Inmarsat network. Added Features MSDS will continue to offer distress alerting, priority messaging and SafetyNET safety information broadcasts, but also deliver greater data capability than is currently available with Inmarsat C safety services. Other additional features include: *Content-rich applications *Chart updates *Ability to co-ordinate rescue operations by email as well as voice calls *Telemedicine *Distress chat - an instantaneous chatroom function between multiple vessels and maritime rescue coordination centres *A
Optimus Contract Wins Generate New Hirings
will conduct a Culture of Care Diagnostic aboard the vessels and design and develop safety leadership training that can be used across its fleet. The third contract to design and develop a safety management system for use in Kurdistan continues the international growth of the company’s safety services business. Smith continued, “We continuously aim to support clients in delivering a meaningful evolution of safety culture and behaviour, but are now well positioned to help deliver the systems that underpin workplace safety and to provide high quality HSE Managers and Advisers to operate
Oil and Gas Safety Awards: Finalists Unveiled
The shortlist of six finalists for OPITO’s annual global oil and gas workforce safety awards has been announced. SBM, Stork Technical Services and Total ABK Academy are vying for the Employer of the year title while IFAP, MSTS/Falck Safety Services Malaysia and PT Samson Tiara have made the final three in the Training Providers category of the awards. The awards recognize companies that best demonstrate their commitment to building a safe and competent workforce through OPITO standards. Winners will be announced at the OPITO Safety and Competency Conference (OSCC) in the
WSS Earns Global ABS Approval for Safety Services
Wilhelmsen Ships Services (WSS) late last month obtained global approval for its safety services from ABS (American Bureau of Shipping). The approval comes after a two year process involving the entire safety services team and covers all safety services worldwide. “Along with Radio Holland, we are now the only maritime service provider in the world with global approval from ABS, and indeed, the only service provider within the safety sector. We are immensely proud of this,” said John Sanford, Technical Sales Manager Safety for the Americas. According to Mats Hestman, International
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