Following
extensive sea trials, chemical tanker operator Nordic Tankers has
begun switching its fleet to the XpressLink hybrid wireless-VSAT
service offered by Inmarsat.
Nordic
Tankers evaluated competing satellite communications solution.
Eventually the company tested XpressLink aboard the 5,800 dwt
chemical tanker Nordic Nelly at sea. The reliability of the
fully-integrated Ku- and L-band solution persuaded Nordic to switch
to the Inmarsat service.
The
Nordic Tankers fleet is comprised of almost 130 vessels.
XpressLink
automatically shifts between FleetBroadband and VSAT depending on
which system offers the best coverage at any given time and place.
The Inmarsat-managed solution offers broadband speeds up to 768kbps
and a reliable, high-quality service anywhere in the world for a
fixed monthly cost.
XpressLink can also upgrade to Inmarsat Global Xpress
when Inmarsat’s superfast Ka-band satellite broadband network becomes commercially
available from 2014.
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