Connectivity

Report: Connectivity crucial to seafarers’ future welfare needs

Mobile satellite communications leader Inmarsat has sponsored a new report exploring the future of seafaring to 2050. The report offers recommendations on how shipping, training institutions and welfare services can respond to the changing needs of tomorrow’s seafarers.

The study —“A fair future for seafarers?” — has been prepared by maritime innovation consultancy Thetius.

Published with shipping’s COVID-19 crewing crisis yet to be resolved, the report takes a view of the shipping industry to...

https://www.marinelog.com/shipping/report-connectivity-crucial-to-seafarers-future-welfare-needs/

Samsara data points to increased digitization across industries

The pandemic has accelerated a major shift to digitization for trucking fleets and industrial operations. 

That’s one of the takeaways from a new report released Tuesday by Samsara that takes an in-depth look at how the explosion of digital connectivity, cloud computing, advances in camera

technology and artificial intelligence are all driving digital transformation — and how the effects of the pandemic have accelerated the trend.

“This will make the coming years ones of exciting transformation...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/samsara-data-points-to-increased-digitization

140 Lesley M. Warrick, Executive Director, Seafarers’ House at Port Everglades

Episode 140 is released on Thursday, June 25th since that is the International Day of the Seafarer, the day when we celebrate the seafarers who serve us during the pandemic by keeping trade lanes open.

Listen to Lesley M. Warrick, Executive Director at the Seafarer’s House at Port Everglades and how they serve the seafarers visiting them, and what support they have been able to give during the covid-19 pandemic.

Seafarer’s House at Port Everglades is multi-faith cooperation among Christians,...

https://shippingpodcast.com/140-lesley-m-warrick-executive-director-seafarers-house-at-port-everglades/

How to leverage freight-tech as capacity tightens (with video)

Zach Strickland, director of freight market intelligence at FreightWaves, asked Emerge co-founder Andrew Leto the dominant question in most industry executives’ minds: is the market tightening and who holds the pricing power right now – shippers or carriers? 

Emerge, based in Scottsdale, Arizona, is a digital freight marketplace where shippers and carriers can access direct capacity. Over 500 shippers are active in this marketplace, ranging from retailers to manufacturers. While Leto said the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/how-to-leverage-freight-tech-as-capacity-tightens-with-video

Unions call for free crew internet amid COVID-19

UK-based union Nautilus has backed calls for crew internet, data and satellite calls to be made free for three months to cover the peak infection period of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Nautilus 24/7 provider ISWAN, on behalf of Nautilus and other trade unions, seafaring charities, the UK Chamber of Shipping and international maritime medical experts, have urgently requested global satellite provider Inmarsat and shipboard high-speed internet solutions provider KVH Industries to enable free calls.

In...

https://safety4sea.com/unions-call-for-free-crew-internet-amid-covid-19/

Trump orders US to test its vulnerability to GPS outage

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing US agencies to test whether critical infrastructure systems are vulnerable in case of disruption or manipulation of satellite-based global positioning system services (GPS).

GPS interference is a great threat, as GPS is a major functioning part of electrical power grids, weather forecasting, traffic signals, smartphone applications, financial services and vehicle navigation, among a host of other systems.

The US order, according to...

https://safety4sea.com/trump-orders-us-to-test-its-vulnerability-to-gps-outage/

Monitoring crew communications could lead to ‘worrying implications’, Nautilus says

The introduction of new technology designed to save money by restricting crew access to email and the internet, has ‘worrying implications’, Nautilus International stated. Such systems help managers cut costs, monitor data usage, apply tougher security and control onboard connectivity.

Through these systems fleet managers and owners have complete control of communications, instead of needing to be on board the vessel. They can also set data limits and real-time usage alerts and block individual...

https://safety4sea.com/monitoring-crew-communications-could-lead-to-worrying-implications-nautilus-says/

UK MCA: Drones can play major role in next-gen SAR operations

Drones play a major role today in shipping operations, with UK Maritime and Coast Guard Agency (MCA) commenting that ‘drones could be used in the future to help save life across the UK.’

Now, the UK MCA announced today that it is looking into a new project to investigate whether drones could improve rescue missions by visiting rescue sites ahead of air, sea or land based recovery teams; by providing a full picture of the situation and helping to develop the appropriate response.

Moreover, the...

https://safety4sea.com/uk-mca-drones-can-play-major-role-in-next-gen-sar-operations/

Australian ports offer free WiFi to seafarers

Seafarers onboard ships entering Australian ports, will from now on experience a new initiative called “Seafarer Connect”. Specifically, the system will offer free WiFi signal and internet access to every seafarer visiting Australia. For the records, the initiative was first launched in Sydney, during a meeting of the International Transport Workers’ Federation.

In fact “Seafarer Connect” will deliver 100 GB of connectivity, while seafarers will be benefited with a 4G signal, by using their...

https://safety4sea.com/australian-ports-offer-free-wifi-to-seafarers/

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