More Broadband on a shipping vessel

A fast-growing commercial shipping company, MPC Steamship, is the latest maritime business to sign up to Inmarsat FleetBroadband.

The German company, part of the MPC Group, which manages 17 container vessels and bulk carriers around the world, has deployed FleetBroadband on the Yangtze River bulk-carrier.

With plans to double its fleet by 2011, MPC is evaluating and deploying the industry's latest communications solutions to ensure peak vessel performance and crew satisfaction.

"Once deployment was completed, it became very clear that FleetBroadband is the future of maritime communications. It truly brings the vessel and the office closer together," said MPC Steamship's IT Manager, Thomas Hoenig.

Source: Inmarsat