Inmarsat Milestones: 10k Ships with Fleet Express Installed, 'Fleet Data Academy' Launched
owners commissioned by Inmarsat at the end of 2020 saw 71% of respondents citing cost reduction and operational efficiencies as a top three driver for digitalization, while compliance featured as a top three concern for 60%. The move from Class Societies to support remote surveys, wider adoption of telemedicine and shipyards building in smart capability to newbuildings are also transformative.“Maritime digitalization is now unstoppable,” says Spithout. “The market is becoming mature enough to support its own digital ecosystem with separate bandwidth channels for crew, applications and
New Data Safety Service for Inmarsat FleetBroadband
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 new-style maritime safety terminal (MST) developed by Cobham SATCOM *All data accessed over MSDS to be captured and stored at new servers. Peter Blackhurst, Head
Diginonymous, GW Partner for Offshore Medical Software
Software developer Diginonymous LLC and Maritime Medical Access Program at The George Washington University (GW) Medical Faculty Associates have teamed up to offer an advanced shipboard video telemedicine service for the international maritime industry to help clients meet the International Labor Organization’s (ILO) Maritime Labor Convention (MLC) 2006 requirements for crew healthcare. The GW Maritime Medical Access Program and Diginonymous developed the Digi+Doc service, a maritime medical solution leveraging GW’s decades of experience and Diginonymous’ products to provide
February 2025
