Connected & smart ships – Hype or reality?
No doubt, there is a buzz around ‘digitalization’ in the maritime industry!
Tools to digitize the supply chain have been around for a while, but a new era of digitalized vessels and sophisticated fleet operations is emerging.
Shipping companies still seek to understand the benefits that digitalization brings:
- How can ship-shore connectivity be improved?
- How can ‘end-to-end’ management of logistics be improved?
- How can voyage fuel consumption and navigation be optimised?
The report “The Maritime Industry at the Dawn of Digitalization”, commissioned by Marlink with Intelsat and iDirect and conducted by Lloyd’s List Intelligence and Ovum will provide an understanding of the driving forces behind maritime investments in digitalization.
It analyses digitalization requirements in terms of service and functionality and looks at how shipping companies are utilising digitalization to drive performance and profitability.
This whitepaper is essential reading for shipping companies’ senior managers as it will help benchmark their digitalization strategies and will highlight the potential challenges which need to be overcome to realise these benefits.
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Authors
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Lloyd's List Intelligence is founded on the heritage of the industry bible, Lloyd's List. Plus our unique global network of specialist sources of business-critical maritime data. It brings together the expertise of a global staff of maritime analysts and journalists with the most extensive system of shore based and satellite intelligence gathering to create the complete information support service for the maritime industry.
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Marlink is the pioneer of business critical communication solutions for customers operating in remote environments.
With over 800 employees worldwide, we are the largest technology-independent satellite communication and digital solutions provider serving the maritime and enterprise markets.
Our multi-band communication services covering Ku, Ka, C and L-band extended with mobile and terrestrial links, enable over 200,000 customers to operate in an ever smarter, safer and more profitable way. -
Ovum is a market-leading research and consulting business focused on helping digital service providers and their vendor partners thrive in the connected digital economy. Ovum provides authoritative data, market analysis and vertical industry expertise to empower your decision making.
Sponsors
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Intelsat operates the world’s first Globalized Network, delivering high-quality, cost-effective video and broadband services anywhere in the world. Intelsat’s Globalized Network combines the world’s largest satellite backbone with terrestrial infrastructure, managed services and an open, interoperable architecture to enable customers to drive revenue and reach through a new generation of network services.
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For more than 20 years, VT iDirect has been a leading provider of IP-based satellite communications. Today, an increasing number of maritime vessels are relying on satellite communications to run safer, more intelligent, and productive operations. More than 50% of the VSAT remotes deployed on these vessels are iDirect technology. As such, iDirect plays a critical role in enabling leading service providers to offer high speed, reliable, and secure VSAT services.
