Maritime VSAT Communications
From the World’s Preferred Maritime VSAT Partner*
At Marlink, we design and build intelligent network solutions around your individual needs. We provide trusted global coverage, through our unrivalled satcom and terrestrial hybrid network. And through our managed services, we proactively take responsibility for integrating everything, from handling your critical data to the most advanced cyber security, so that you can focus on running your business, knowing your remote network is in safe hands.
In a world of fast change and with evolving regulations, the maritime industry never stands still. Improving efficiency is always a substantial objective of your business. You need more than a communications supplier. You need a smart network solutions partner.
* Marlink has consecutively ranked as the number 1 VSAT and MSS provider of the maritime industry, with Euroconsult’s 2022 report: ‘Prospects for Maritime Satellite Communications’ and Valour Consultancy’s 2022 report: ‘The Future of Maritime Connectivity’ both concluding Marlink as Market Leader.
Your benefits
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Combine the best bandwidth to meet your needs
To support you to evolve, optimise and best manage your business, Marlink has a technology agnostic strategy for consulting you on the best connectivity solution to fit your needs. With Sealink NextGen, you have the largest choice of multi-band technologies (L-, C-, Ku-, Ka-band) from across GEO, LEO and MEO constellations, ensuring you have the low-latency connection you require, backed by the reliability of Marlink’s global GEO network.
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Leverage simple tools to digitise your operations
From scanning network traffic to automating anti-virus updates, we have a full suite of solutions to protect your vessels from cyber threats, automate application updates and manage data in the cloud. BridgeLink is the next stage in our maritime digital enablement strategy, which will provide a platform for data-driven safety and efficiency improvements on ships worldwide.
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Enjoy the optimum configuration of latency and reliability
As world leader for maritime connectivity, we offer the most extensive coverage backed-up by Marlink’s world-class network infrastructure, with 4G/5G Services and MSS back-up for highest availability. Marlink’s remote access solutions enable you to perform remote support, monitoring and maintenance for management, diagnostics and troubleshooting – allowing you to maintain full control from shore.
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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 VSAT services targeted to your business needs with regional and seasonal flexibility, all powered by our future-ready networks that are more agile and efficient to ensure applications are always available and secure in any location.
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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 crew usage and control your costs. Enhance satellite connectivity with access management, web filtering, firewalling, traffic priorities and crew welfare services.
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Feel confident in our fully Managed Services
Focus on running your business while we deliver reliable satellite communications. With local presence on all continents and time zones, whatever your size, region or sector, we offer the support and specialisms to understand your business and be a true partner to you.
Highlights
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Sealink NextGen
Power your fast & seamless Starlink connectivity with Sealink NextGen
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Sealink Plus
Integrated VSAT and MSS back-up with XChange communication management platform, adding even more value
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Sealink Flex
High performance tailored VSAT with added flexibility, ideal for seasonal use
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Sealink Business
Quality service with burstable capabilities, at a budget friendly price
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Sealink Allowances
Marlink’s easy VSAT packages to get you started and grow with your needs
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Sealink 60
Compact antenna service with regional Ku-band VSAT
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Inmarsat Fleet Xpress
High speed Ka-band connectivity combined with FleetBroadband back-up
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Telenor Anker
Regional Ka-band throughout the Nordic region, Europe and the Middle East
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Sealink NextGen
Power your fast & seamless Starlink connectivity with Sealink NextGen
Sealink NextGen
As experts in managed hybrid connectivity, our Sealink NextGen solution securely integrates high speed, low latency LEO or MEO services like Starlink into your network.
Thanks to Marlink’s strategic alliances with all major Satellite Network Operators, our Sealink NextGen offer brings together the best fitting connectivity the industry has to offer while ensuring that customers’ business-critical communications are always secured, protected, and business critical applications are addressed with guaranteed CIR-based bandwidth and a built-in SLA.
Sealink NextGen is characterised by a combination of:
- Sealink market-leading Geo VSAT service
- Low-latency LEO/MEO connectivity (such as Starlink and OneWeb)
- 4G/5G (LTE) for terrestrial wireless connectivity
- Iridium Certus or Inmarsat Fleetbroadband as last resort back-up or out-of-band management
- HQ or direct to Cloud interconnection solutions
- Our new XChange smart-edge including SD WAN, and
- Customer self-service capabilities and monitoring via Portal360
With improving safety and efficiency always a focus, your vessel operations can be transformed with an integrated Sealink NextGen solution, bringing access to the cloud, real-time data management and a seamless user experience.
The high speeds LEO connectivity (such as Starlink and OneWeb) can deliver enable you to attract and retain skilled crew with shore-like internet speeds capable of powering online streaming, while our sophisticated tools give you the full control to monitor, secure and economise crew web access.
- Seamless blended networks deliver the advantages of a fast LEO network with the highest available uptime
- Migration of access to the cloud to maintain applications, monitor critical data and optimise performance
- Boosted user experience by powering data-hungry applications
- Advanced network orchestration with built-in redundancy and optimised network configuration to route and prioritise traffic
- Enhanced network security using SD-WAN technology to separate network, implement IT policies and securely connect with HQ
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Sealink Plus
Integrated VSAT and MSS back-up with XChange communication management platform, adding even more value
Sealink Plus
Marlink’s Sealink™ Plus packages combine the Sealink Service of your choice, with an unlimited MSS back-up for business-critical email. Compact stabilised antennas for rapid installations are included, plus our XChange platform providing centralised VoIP, data and Internet access. A catalogue of fully integrated Digital Solutions further complements your connectivity and supports digitalisation.
This service is ideal for shipping companies seeking a full package of high quality, reliable and unlimited communications for business and crew, with full cost predictability and efficient administration and cost management tools.
- Choose unlimited MSS back-up, from longstanding Inmarsat FleetBroadband or Iridium Certus for pole to pole, global coverage
- MSS airtime for business-critical email and MSS hardware included
- XChange platform that provides centralised VoIP, data and internet access
- Plus more, fully integrated digital solutions
- Alternatively, the Sealink Companion option enables you to add an MSS backup allowance plan to any Sealink Connectivity
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Sealink Flex
High performance tailored VSAT with added flexibility, ideal for seasonal use
Sealink Flex
As bespoke VSAT connectivity service, Sealink Flex enables higher speeds with the ultimate regional and seasonal flexibility. With several specially created high speed zones and a rapid change process enabling variations to bandwidth to be implemented fast, Sealink Flex is an ideal VSAT connectivity service for offshore and specialised maritime customers.
- Flexible, high end CIR-based service with higher data speeds up to 20 Mbps
- Unlimited usage
- Choice of several base service levels with Committed Information Rates (CIR)
- Over 100 additional bandwidth options in high speed zones. Simply log in to Marlink’s web portal at anytime from anywhere to order up to an extra 10 Mbps CIR for 1 day to several months
- Packaged with industry leading class 85 cm+ antennas
- Best global Ku- and C-band coverage
- High-end and shore-based digital solutions powered by XChange network service devices
- Flexible prepaid crew options for voice, email and web browsing on their own devices
- Possible to integrate low latency and high bandwidth multicarrier solutions (e.g.: 4G/5G Services) in addition to VSAT
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Sealink Business
Quality service with burstable capabilities, at a budget friendly price
Sealink Business
Available as a regional or global service, Sealink Business offers several service level options with Committed Information Rate (CIR), in addition to a burstable Maximum Information Rate (MIR) up to 6 Mbps.
Sealink Business enables a constant, quality service at a budget friendly price. In accordance with the defined CIR, a dedicated amount of bandwidth is supplied for unlimited data usage, so business critical applications are always available. This service is ideal for ship operators seeking cost-effective, always-on communications for business and crew.
- Data speeds up to 6 Mbps
- Choice of several service levels with guaranteed Committed Information Rates (CIR) up to 2 Mbps
- Packaged with 80 cm+ industry leading class antennas
- The most extensive global Ku-band coverage on the market
- Combine with XChange and set your own priorities over your separated crew and corporate networks
- Flexible prepaid crew options for voice, email and web browsing on their own devices
- Fair Access Policy
- Possible to integrate low latency and high bandwidth multicarrier solutions (e.g.: 4G/5G Services) in addition to VSAT
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Sealink Allowances
Marlink’s easy VSAT packages to get you started and grow with your needs
Sealink Allowances
Sealink Allowances offers a choice of competitively priced data allowance plans for always-on Internet, email and IP-based services ideal for business and crew communications in one package.
With data allowance plans from 500 megabytes (MB) up to 80 gigabytes (GB) per month, and data speeds of up to 6 Mbps, this low-cost Internet service is ideal for basic business requirements and for ship operators wishing to boost crew morale and optimise crew retention. As your business evolves , our packages enable your VSAT to easily grow with you, since packages can be simply upgraded or topped up via our online portal.
- Data speeds up to 6 Mbps
- Allowance packages between 500MB and 80 GB per month
- Packaged with industry leading 80 cm+ antennas
- The most extensive global Ku-band coverage on the market
- Combine with XChange and set your own priorities over your separated crew and corporate networks
- Flexible prepaid crew options for voice, email and web browsing on their own devices
- Monitor usage, set limits and alerts and easily top-up if needed via our online portal
- Never turned off: traffic is throttled to a lower speed when quota is reached
- Possible to integrate low latency and high bandwidth multicarrier solutions (e.g.: 4G/5G Services) in addition to VSAT
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Sealink 60
Compact antenna service with regional Ku-band VSAT
Sealink 60
Sealink 60 is a single beam Ku-band VSAT service available with a 60 cm antenna and different service plans with or without guaranteed bandwidth. It can be provided to small vessels in several regional coverage areas as well as during the transit between two areas. It also gives vessels the flexibility to upgrade their bandwidth temporarily. With the variety of options available with Sealink 60, vessels can choose the right package to meet on board ship’s business and crew communication requirements.
- Data speeds up to 5 Mbps
- Unlimited usage
- Choice between several MIR-only and MIR/CIR plans
- Packaged with industry leading 60 cm antennas
- Regional single beam service with global coverage as an option
- Extra flexibility with lay up and short term upgrades available
- Combine with XChange and set your own priorities over your separated crew and corporate networks
- Flexible prepaid crew options for voice, email and web browsing on their own devices
- Possible to integrate low latency and high bandwidth multicarrier solutions (e.g.: 4G/5G Services) in addition to VSAT
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Inmarsat Fleet Xpress
High speed Ka-band connectivity combined with FleetBroadband back-up
Inmarsat Fleet Xpress
Fleet Xpress delivers the high data speeds enabled by Inmarsat’s Global Xpress Ka-band technology combined with the proven reliability of Inmarsat’s FleetBroadband L-band service. FleetBroadband being the backup service of the main Global Xpress service, the switch between both services is fully managed automatically.
- Continuous connectivity: ultimate reliability through a dual satellite constellation using Ka-band with unlimited L-band back-up
- Controlled costs: more accurate cost management with a wide selection of flexible subscription packages and one invoice
- Fully managed support: standardised plug-and-play service with 24/7 management, monitoring and support globally
Developed by Marlink expert engineers, Marlink’s XChange FX enhances the standard solution by introducing several additional benefits, including:
- Quota Management & Top-Up Tools: as Fleet Xpress plans will move to being quota-based from April 2023, we are leveraging our self-service portal, Portal360 to enable tools to straightforwardly monitor usage, set limits and alerts and easily top-up when needed
- Real-time on-board connectivity status: enabling the captain and on-board personnel to track and monitor which connectivity is active at any time (i.e. Ka-band or L-band back-up service)
- Real-time on-shore connectivity status: enabling the shore headquarters and Marlink’s global support network to monitor which connectivity is active and get real-time info to ensure efficient remote troubleshooting
- Traffic prioritisation: onboard usage can be managed according to status and traffic can be prioritised to ensure critical applications are always globally available
- Hassle-free roll out: simple to install, XChange FX is not subject to an export control license, so can be delivered globally without customs and border delays
- Future ready: designed to accommodate over-the-air updates, reducing the need for installing new hardware in the future
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Telenor Anker
Regional Ka-band throughout the Nordic region, Europe and the Middle East
Telenor Anker
Telenor Anker provides regional Ka-band coverage with a high-powered spot beams. Fully scalable, a diverse portfolio of bandwidth packages are available with Committed Information Rates (CIR).
Supported by the iDirect next generation Velocity© platform, the service enables automatic and seamless spot-beam handover, assuring continuous connectivity across the entire satellite footprint.
- Large Pan-European mobility footprint
- Wide range of service levels
- Unique Marlink voice service – up to 4 voice lines
- Seamless spot beam handover
- One Touch Commissioning (OTC) which allows automation of 1dB compression test, eliminating time consuming manual operations
- Web based monitoring tool (iDirect PULSE), offering full control of your VSAT connection on any device
- Rain fade mitigation techniques assuring a 99.5% link availability via physical antenna diversity, adaptive coding and modulation and inbound adaptability
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