Now that I have your attention…
It was a typically bravura performance. Inmarsat gathered 100 or so of its close friends – DPs, SPs and interested parties – to a ‘Maritime Update’ at SMM 2012, in the process…
The more things change…
The future is already here, sci-fi sage William Gibson once mused, it just isn’t very well distributed yet. He might just have been talking about maritime satcoms if such a subject wasn’t…
Shurat HaDin – the second coming
Fans of economic sanctions against Iran will have read here and elsewhere that Israeli legal lobbyist Shurat HaDin has Inmarsat in its crosshairs for alleged infringements of US trade rules. Further to…
Intelsat EPIC under the spotlight
The era of HTS communications is coming ever closer, with players including Inmarsat, Iridium, Intelsat and newcomer O3B all planning launches of next generation satellite capacity in coming years. Just how much…
They did what they had to do
Inmarsat has succeeded in growing maritime data revenues in the first half of 2012, thanks to the elimination of volume discounts on its E&E services and the price rise on pay-as-you-go FleetBroadband…
No man can serve two masters
We’re adopting a biblical theme this week after the Israeli lobby group Shurat HaDin sought to bring down the wrath of the righteous upon the head of Inmarsat for alleging it was…
More threats (and opportunities) for the VSAT vendors
A final dispatch from the recent GVF seminar in London, not because it didn’t bear reporting sooner, more that it might serve as a springboard going forward. Amid optimistic forecasts of a…
Globecomm Maritime helps Pacific rower Charlie Martell pull through
The latest news from my client Globecomm Maritime – one good turn deserves another and this guy spent a lot of time upside down. Charlie Martell had no illusions about rowing single-handed…
Global VSAT a regional game, says NSR
Satellite sector analyst Northern Sky has released a research note on the announcement by Intelsat of the EPIC high throughput satellite platform. And while NSR agrees that the launch signals a no-going…
Three’s a crowd?
Tricky thing, announcing a major service launch when you are in quiet period pre-IPO but Intelsat has managed it, confirming it will order at least two new satellites to provide a high…
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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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Again.
Must admit I felt a little low this morning. So I did what I always do in these circumstances and sought out the Dr Hedgeh note. There now! Feeling much better.
Always works.
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The key to understanding the dark fleet/sanctions conundrum is that compliant players in the shipping industry are over-regulated and the non-compliant ones aren't regulated at all.