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Marlink: Essberger Moves its Entire Fleet to Marlink's Sealink VSAT Services
Maritime broadband to deliver crew communication and operational gains across leading chemical tanker and dry cargo vessel fleets
Oslo, 28 June 2016 – The Hamburg headquartered John T. Essberger (JTE) Group will migrate the primary communication systems of its entire fleet to Sealink, Marlink’s global maritime broadband VSAT service. The Installation on 22 chemical tankers and 9 dry cargo vessels is expected to be completed by the end of the year.
Essberger was founded in 1924 as Atlantic Tank Reederei by tank ship pioneer John T. Essberger. The Essberger Tankers division fleet consists of highly sophisticated chemical vessels, while JTE Dry Cargo operates a fleet of modern bulk carriers, multi-purpose tonnage and container vessels, as well as cement tankers.
Essberger’s move to VSAT reflects its commitment to technical innovation combined with safety required by Lloyd's quality assurance guidelines. The higher bandwidth and cost control offered by Sealink VSAT enables them to deliver new crew communication facilities and introduce streamlined processes for ship/shore data transfer. As Sealink is a global service, Essberger vessels can operate worldwide with data connectivity and voice communication always available.
All vessels will also be equipped with the XChange communication management system to comprehensively manage the fleets’ IT and communication tasks via a single, integrated platform. Essberger will manage its voice, VoIP, and data connectivity for corporate and crew usage and also utilise the Universal Remote Access (URA) function of XChange to keep full control of their onboard IT network from shore. All vessels will be equipped with two voice lines and Wi-Fi access points to allow crew to connect with their own personal devices.
“Crew welfare is vital to the safe and efficient operation of our vessels and we believe that the speed and reliability of Sealink VSAT will help us to introduce a more effective service for Internet access and calling home,” said Capt. Bernd Schlarmann, Fleet Manager Ship Management, Essberger. “With more bandwidth available globally, we will also be positioned to streamline vessel and port operations, which will directly benefit our customers, in terms of more efficient handling of their cargoes.”
“Through crew welfare requirements and operational demands, we see a growing trend of tanker, bulk vessel and cargo ship fleets moving to fixed price, high bandwidth VSAT communication services,” said Tore Morten Olsen, President Maritime, Marlink.“Essberger’s Sealink service will support a stronger IT focus across the fleet, strengthened further by the integration of XChange and URA, which provide significant access and administration functionality on vessel IT and communication networks.”
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For further information, please contact:
Knut Natvig, Marlink
T: +47 48 030 911
E: knut.natvig@marlink.com
www.marlink.com
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Marlink is the pioneer of business critical communication solutions for customers operating in remote environments. With 600 employees and 27 offices worldwide, the company is the largest technology-independent satellite communication and digital solutions provider serving the maritime and enterprise markets. Marlink’s 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.
With over 75 years' experience in developing innovative business critical communication solutions, Marlink’s strategy is to deliver the benefits of a digital and connected world to its customers’ remote operations. Today Marlink is the leading maritime communication and VSAT operator in the world. Marlink leverages strong partnerships with all major satellite network operators to deliver communication solutions direct to the customer and via an unrivalled network of service provider partners.
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