Marlink and Vizada Provide Global Shipping Company AP Moller-Maersk
15 September 2010
Marlink, announces a significant expansion of Marlink's contract with one of the world's largest shipping companies, AP Moller-Maersk. As part of the renewed agreement, Marlink will provide Inmarsat FleetBroadband airtime services to an additional 200 vessels, increasing the total number of AP Moller-Maersk vessels sailing with FleetBroadband airtime to 370. Vizada will enhance the Inmarsat FleetBroadband service further by providing key Vizada Solutions to allow cost-efficient communications, such as web compression and filtering.
The new contract is the direct result of the strong partnership between Marlink, Vizada and Inmarsat. Jointly they provide AP Moller-Maersk with the technology, solutions and support needed to meet today's requirements, as well as ensure that they have the most innovative solutions available to meet their growing IP demand in the future. Inmarsat FleetBroadband is the first maritime communications service to provide broadband data and voice, simultaneously, through a compact antenna on a global basis. The future of a successful shipping business requires a stable communications platform, and FleetBroadband provides that assurance. The new web compression and filtering solution of Vizada will help to filter and prioritize Internet and email traffic, in order to maximize efficiency of the communications network.
"Our renewed agreement with AP Moller-Maersk is testament to our strong understanding of the company's communications requirements. Marlink prides itself on being able to provide customers like AP Moller-Maersk with exceptional support, globally, 24/7, guaranteeing AP Moller-Maersk access to the highest quality and most reliable satellite communications. This is fundamental to AP Moller-Maersk's operations for both business-critical and crew applications," comments Tore Morten Olsen, CEO, Marlink.
Marlink's FleetBroadband packages offer the best technology, with market leading solutions, and Marlink's unparalleled, worldwide customer care, billing services, technical support, installation and maintenance. Marlink's strong partnerships enable APM to enhance their operational efficiency and establish low-cost crew welfare communications.
Commenting on the renewed contract, Niels Bruus, Director, Energy Efficiency, Maersk Line, said: "The cost effective and reliable communications provided by Marlink and its partners, Vizada and Inmarsat will enable Maersk Line to deliver significant operational efficiencies resulting in fuel savings and emission reductions that will help Maersk Line reach our ambitious environmental targets. Further it has been of utmost importance to Maersk Line that the solution has focus on crew welfare by offering facilities for our crews to stay in touch with family and friends 24/7. Our latest agreement with Marlink will enable us to offer these services to crew onboard our fleet."
Marlink's portfolio incorporates an extensive range of satellite communications services ranging from on-demand services such as Inmarsat FleetBroadband, Iridium and Thuraya to its own regional, multi-regional and global Ku-band and C-band Maritime VSAT systems @SEAdirect(TM) WaveCall(TM) and Sealink(TM). The maritime satellite communications provider has also established regional customer service facilities in major regions of the world, supporting its global customer base.
