When shipping and satellites collide
It’s a strange experience to be at a trade show and know perhaps 2% of the people rather than 60-70% but that is the experience at Satellite 2014, where the communications industry…
‘Following a ship around with a satellite beam is not a business’
In part two of my conversation with consultant, analyst and blogger Tim Farrar, we dive a little deeper into the undergrowth: what the HTS upgrade path looks like and how to tell…
Not the end of history: some ruminations on maritime communications
Tim Farrar is an analyst and blogger who has been covering the satellite industry since the mid-1990s. We had crossed paths before, notably discussing his End of History blog and when he posted…
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Crew retention is the tip of the digital iceberg
Almost 12 months ago an ambitious project began to take shape. Roger Adamson of Stark Moore Macmillan, Vizada (now Astrium Services) and two of the largest crewing agencies in the world, Philippine…
A year has gone by…
…since I started MaritimeInsight and March again finds me in Stamford once again, where the Connecticut Maritime Association moves and shakes for the next three days. Over the last year I’ve tried…
Managing the data shipboard load and creating low/high end opportunities
In the first part of my interview with Roger Adamson, the Stark Moore McMillan ceo laid out some of the issues that face the bandwidth vendors in 2013 and beyond. In the…
Ku or Ka? Wide or Narrow? Clarity or… More on Intelsat’s maritime ambitions
In the second part of my interview with James Collett, Director Mobility Services at Intelsat, we talk more on coverage, capacity and confidence from the buyer’s and user’s viewpoints. There is also…
Epic stuff – James Collett on Intelsat, Inmarsat and what really matters in maritime
To leafy Chiswick in West London and the offices of Intelsat for a wide-ranging conversation with James Collett, late of Inmarsat and now Director of Mobility Services at Intelsat, charged with building…
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Neville Smith
Maritime Media Consultant to a roster of international shipping industry clients. Former maritime journalist with 16 years’ experience reporting the shipping and marine insurance markets and former Deputy Editor at Lloyd’s List, I assist clients with matching their communication needs to publications and media channels that gain them their desired level of exposure.
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In April, wind power generated more electricity than coal in the US for the second month in a row, according to @EIAgov data. Wind beat coal once before in April last year, but this time it’s by a much larger margin and for two consecutive months.
Amazon will not now begin services on Project Kuiper until 2025 at the earliest - having aimed to start deploying more 3,200 #LEO satellites in 1H 2024 - aiming to commence beta trials with potential customers including Verizon says @SpaceNews_Inc
Delighted to be nominated (against my will, mind ) as one of the 'Top 10 Leaders Shaping the Future of Maritime Industry in 2024' I just want to know how the emails keep getting past my spam filter.