Zodiac Maritime Agencies Ltd. is equipping its fleet of 125 ships with Iridium OpenPort optimized-bandwidth satellite terminals under a service agreement with AND Group. Iridium OpenPort will provide the optimum satcom solution for Zodiac’s fleet of ships around the world. “Zodiac originally fitted its fleet with Iridium systems and AND software in 2006, and has realized significant savings in monthly communication costs,” said Ian Robinson, CEO, AND Group. “After evaluating its projected requirements for ship-to-shore voice and data, Zodiac has made the decision to upgrade to Iridium OpenPort across the fleet.” According to Robinson, the first installations will take place this month, with rollout to the entire fleet by the end of 2008.


