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SingTel Satellite drives campaign to improve seafarer welfare
07 August, 2014
SingTel Satellite has
joined forces with three
of the world’s main
maritime charities to
help seafarers use
onboard technology to
keep in touch with loved
ones at home.
At the heart of the
cooperation is a new
seafarer Facebook
campaign where seafarers
are encouraged to use
SingTel’s
CrewXchange@SingTel
portal to communicate
with family and friends
while at sea.
SingTel has pledged to
donate S$1 for every
‘Here’s One From Me’
unique post placed by a
crew member on the
CrewXchange wall to the
three charities –
Apostleship of the Sea,
Seafarers UK and
Sailors’ Society. These
charities provide vital
support and funding to
seafarers and their
families.
The campaign will
potentially help play a
part in improving the
communication and
educational needs of the
seafarers and their
families. SingTel
Satellite is a satellite
solutions provider and
also an advocate for
crew welfare. It not
only creates solutions
to aid operational
efficiency and improve
remote monitoring and
control for shipping
companies, but also
creates solutions which
improve the life of
seafarers on board
vessels.
Lim Kian Soon, Head,
Satellite at SingTel
said: “As a company, we
take corporate social
responsibility very
seriously. Communication
is vital to SingTel so
it is only natural that
we would want to get
behind this campaign. We
aim to provide
affordable and effective
methods for seafarers to
stay in touch with their
loved ones. Ultimately,
the ability to stay
connected with their
friends and family is
the key to improving the
lives of the crew on
board ships.”
Jos Standerwick,
Corporate & Trusts
Fundraising Manager at
Seafarers UK, said: “We
are absolutely thrilled
that SingTel has
launched this campaign.
It will help thousands
of
seafarers across the
world stay in touch with
loved ones which is
pivotal in our role to
support them. The
charity drive aims to
create awareness and
acknowledge the 1.5
million men and women
who are out at sea in
some format helping to
keep our economy
afloat.”
CrewXchange@SingTel is a
data-optimised portal
offering one-stop online
entertainment
and social media tools
for seafarers. Seafarers
can stay connected to
the world and to their
loved ones while out at
sea. It is tested to
work over popular
broadband satellite
services including
maritime VSAT and
FleetBroadband.
Voice calls utilise the
industry’s lowest CODEC
at 2.15kbps, consuming
three times lower
bandwidth than other
currently available
applications. Voice
calls, PC to PC calls
and PC to landlines and
mobile phones calls can
also be made using the
service. This web-based
service allows seafarers
and their families and
friends to access it
anywhere on demand.
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