The three-month field trial was conducted onboard the Bernhard Schulte merchant vessel Marianne Schulte in European waters and the Caribbean Sea. Telaccount Overseas Ltd. managed the installation of a Thrane & Thrane SAILOR 500 FleetBroadband terminal onboard the vessel. The successful trial led to Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement retaining
the FleetBroadband from Stratos system, which it will use to manage the Marianne Schulte’s daily operations at sea. FleetBroadband from Stratos also was successfully integrated with
AmosConnect to manage all email traffic. Other applications successfully tested over FleetBroadband during the trial included the Bernhard Schulte office applications, remote support via Ultra VNC, MSN instant messaging, video chat, FTP via Cute FTP, and web browsing for access to maritime web sites and world news.
Stratos channel partner One Net Ltd. assisted Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement with many aspects of the Marianne Schulte field trial, providing training on Stratos Dashboard and AmosConnect. The successful Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement field trial was one in an extensive global series of trials Stratos is conducting to secure feedback from ship managers on FleetBroadband from Stratos and its wide range of value-added services. Stratos has activated several hundred FleetBroadband systems across all major geographic regions and vessel types.
