Maritime MSS Communications
Lightweight, quick-to-deploy and straightforward solutions
From the moment a vessel sets sail, connectivity is crucial. A reliable and secure ship-to-shore network solution enables you to monitor and enhance operational efficiency, maintain safety and regulatory performance and ensure crew morale.
With more than 70 years’ experience providing quality, high speed maritime connectivity services, combined with our strong and long-standing satellite network alliances and hardware manufacturer partnerships, Marlink is ideally positioned to support all aspects of seafaring. From major global shipping companies and international cruise companies to small fishing boats, we offer the broadest choice of multi-band and hybrid technology.
Your benefits
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Choose the bandwidth that fits your needs
To support you to evolve, optimise and best manage your business, we offer the largest choice of multi-band technologies, solutions and applications adaptable to any evolving need.
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Control your costs and usage
Benefit from a wide range of Marlink’s digital solutions to secure your mobile satellite communications, manage workers’ usage and control your costs.
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Enjoy total reliability in your communications
As world leader for maritime connectivity, we offer the most extensive coverage backed-up by Marlink’s world-class network infrastructure and ensure you get the best possible value for money.
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Scale your communications as you grow
As your needs grow or fluctuate over time, you can extend your reach with our hybrid network solutions. We offer temporary or long-term upgrade paths to ensure your critical applications are always available and secure in any location.
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Improve safety and emergency response
Our maritime regulatory solutions help customers comply with maritime regulations and ensure security on board, while allowing tracking and monitoring of vessels.
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Keep your peace of mind
Focus on running your business while we deliver reliable communications, 24/7 expert customer support, hardware delivery, maintenance and repair, reporting tools and training.
Highlights
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Iridium Certus®
Serves as a multi-service platform, providing uncompromising coverage among various maritime segments.
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Inmarsat FleetBroadband
Delivers dependable, seamless voice and L-band broadband data up to 436 Kbps.
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Inmarsat C GMDSS
Used for distress and safety communications as well as fleet tracking.
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Iridium® GMDSS
Brings truly global coverage to maritime safety.
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Iridium Certus®
Serves as a multi-service platform, providing uncompromising coverage among various maritime segments.
Iridium Certus®
Powered by the Iridium NEXT satellite constellation, Iridium Certus serves as a multi-service platform, providing uncompromising coverage.
Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites combine with ultra-fast L-band to enable satellite communications anywhere in the world; even in the poorest of weather conditions. Its unique flexibility supports a wide range of voice, data and broadcast services, meeting the needs of today’s connected ships and vehicles.
- Global: the only mobile voice and data satellite communications network that spans the entire globe
- Unique Low Earth Orbit: 66 Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites ensure excellent global satellite broadband with high-speed cross-links to every corner of the world
- Speed: the high-speed service enables efficient business operations with speeds up to 704 Kbps
- Multi-Service Platform: providing users with several options for seamless data, voice and safety services in just one terminal, keeping crew and corporate business connected at all times
- Robust Equipment: operating seamlessly in even the remotest of locations and in all weather conditions
- Lightweight hardware: with no moving parts, ensuring easyinstallation, low-maintenance and reliability
- Coming soon: Iridium Certus will be certified to offer the life-saving service for mariners – Global Maritime Distress Safety System (GMDSS)
Please connect to PartnerLink extranet to download the Certus software files.
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Inmarsat FleetBroadband
Delivers dependable, seamless voice and L-band broadband data up to 436 Kbps.
Inmarsat FleetBroadband
Inmarsat FleetBroadband provides cost-effective broadband data up to 432 Kbps and voice simultaneously through a compact antenna on a global level.
Based on the BGAN network using 3G standards, FleetBroadband provides you with a seamless broadband connection utilizing Inmarsat’s I-4 satellite constellation.
With FleetBroadband you can access email, surf the web and run operational systems remotely, while our solutions enhance the service with cost-effective tools for your daily communication and administration needs.
- Enjoy faster & more cost-effective data: You can access email, surf the web and run operational systems remotely at the same time as making phone calls.
- Standard IP: up to 432 Kbps over a shared channel, for email, Internet & intranet access and remote maintenance
- Streaming IP: guaranteed on-demand data rates of up to 256 Kbps for live video/audio applications and 8 kbps and 16 kbps for voice over IP (VoIP) applications
- Voice: up to 9 simultaneous voice lines for bridge and crew communication
- ISDN: supports ISDN at 64 Kbps for legacy applications
- SMS: send and receive 160-character text messages
- Coverage: available globally, except in polar regions
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Inmarsat C GMDSS
Used for distress and safety communications as well as fleet tracking.
Inmarsat C GMDSS
Used for distress and safety communications as well as fleet tracking, Inmarsat C and Mini C enable you to send & receive data messages of up to 32 Kilobytes.
Marlink is today responsible for almost half of the global traffic on Inmarsat C, which forms the basis of vital maritime safety and vessel tracking and positioning systems. Since 2006, Marlink’s Inmarsat C traffic has grown to be 12 times larger. This significant and continual growth is driven by our long-term knowledge, experience and solid partnerships on Inmarsat C, as well as the critical and continuous development of infrastructure to provide the highest Quality of Service (QoS), benefiting the safety of seafarers.
- Complete reliability: reliable access to vital information, such as position reporting, data monitoring, messaging, and distress calling
- Safe at sea: compliant with Global Maritime Distress & Safety System (GMDSS)
- Convenient billing: volume-based invoicing
- Compact: light, compact equipment
- Single unit: transceiver and antenna in a single unit (Mini C: Sailor terminal only)
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Iridium® GMDSS
Brings truly global coverage to maritime safety.
Iridium® GMDSS
For the first time, an alternative GMDSS service is available, bringing competition and truly global coverage to mariners sailing any of the world’s oceans.
All Iridium Connected® GMDSS terminals will come standard with functionality for all three satellite GMDSS services: Distress Alert, Safety Voice, and Maritime Safety Information (MSI).
Unlike existing competitive options, Iridium Connected GMDSS terminals will initiate both Distress Alert and Safety Voice simply and quickly with the press of just one button.
The unveiled Iridium GMDSS terminal is a single, small-form-factor maritime terminal with Voice, SMS, LRIT, SAAS and Circuit Switched data for versatile communication like calls, reporting, data monitoring and messaging.
Key Benefits
Safe at sea: compliant with Global Maritime Distress & Safety System (GMDSS)
- Truly global coverage: even in adverse weather around the entire globe, including over the Arctic and Antarctic waters in Sea Area A4
- Price competitive: with no monthly fee for safety service
- Simplicity: no accounting authority, no printer required, directly call or message RCCs, direct dial for medical assistance or advice
- Versatile: as well as its safety functions, use the service for voice calling, to send emails and for tracking
- Enhanced Security: integrated silent alarm feature (SSAS)to protect against piracy or terrorism incidents, which, when activated sends out an alert to designated parties on-shore
- Real-time identification & tracking: available with the Lars Thrane LT-3100S terminal, Long Range Identification Tracking (LRIT) automatically transmits the vessel’s position (at least) every 6 hours and on-demand
- Package with Marlink’s digital solutions to get the most out of your investment, including SkyFile Mail for optimised & secure email & SMS over satcom, cost control solutions, and secure redundant connectivity options
- Benefit from Marlink’s extensive experience as the largest Inmarsat C traffic generator, making us world leaders in GMDSS provision
MARITIME MSS CONNECTIVITY PORTFOLIO

Customer case

What our customers say
“Thanks to Iridium Certus and Marlink we now have a cost effective, future driven solution onboard to assist us in our weekly commute. The network’s reliability and phone quality on Certus is impressive. SkyFile Mail and Data Manager from Marlink make sure the network is secure and that files and other important communication are transferred in a safe and efficient way.” Thomas D van Gorkom, Tech. Naut. Dept, Atlantic Comet
