SpeedCast Selected by Jan De Nul
GROUP for Satellite
Communications for Fleet of
Offshore & dredging vessels
9
September 2014
SpeedCast International Limited
announced that it has been
awarded a multi-year contract
from Jan De Nul Group, a leading
expert in dredging, marine
construction, and specialized
services for the offshore oil &
gas, and renewable energy
industries. The new satellite
service provides
high-performance broadband
connectivity for mission
critical data and voice
applications on vessels
operating throughout the world.
With
this latest contract, SpeedCast
will increase the number of
vessels served to a total of 44
of Jan De Nul Group’s vessels.
These vessels perform a wide
variety of missions including
international dredging and
reclamation projects, capital
dredging and maintenance works;
as well as offshore services for
oil & gas, and renewable
energies, which include
preparations of shore
approaches, pre-trenching and
profiling seabeds for pipeline
installations, and preparations
for wind farm installations.
SpeedCast designed the
communications solution from the
ground-up to meet the unique
requirements of Jan De Nul
Group, which include operational
and ship management
applications, as well as crew
communications.
Jan
De Nul Group is known for its
expertise in complex seabed
operations and using
leading-class technology to
deliver superior results.
The SpeedCast satellite
communications services will be
used aboard a multitude of
different vessels, and will also
extend to JDN’s most recently
announced vessel, the JDN8628, a
multi-purpose vessel. This
heavy-duty vessel is equipped
with dual cable turntables with
a total capacity of 10,000
tonnes of cable, as well as a
workclass ROV (remotely operated
underwater vehicle). This
latest vessel will be launched
by the end of this year, and be
operational by mid 2015.
“Communications are critical to
the operational efficiency of
our vessels,” said Ruben De
Lille, Manager Vessel Automation
at Jan De Nul Group. “SpeedCast
was able to design and deliver a
communications solution that met
our high standards, in terms of
quality and resiliency of the
service. We are pleased to
expand our work with SpeedCast
to cover even more vessels in
our fleet.”
“We
are excited to be working with
an industry leader such as Jan
De Nul Group,” said Pierre-Jean
Beylier, CEO of SpeedCast.
“The offshore oil & gas and
dredging services that Jan De
Nul Group provides are critical
to many of the future
mega-projects in the works
today. Jan De Nul Group
has one of the world’s most
modern dredging fleet at its
disposal and an impressive
engineering expertise. We
are proud to provide satellite
communications to support their
complex missions and we thank
them for their continued trust.
Our growing relationship with
Jan de Nul is a testament to
SpeedCast's ability to deliver
highly reliable services and to
adapt our services to multiple
types of vessels and missions.”
