The Saxum was fitted with a Thrane & Thrane Sailor 150 FleetBroadband system when it arrived at a stopover in its home port of Leer in Germany. News about the installation comes just days after the Miclyn Enterprise became the first vessel in the world to adopt the service. It required just 15 minutes to set-up FB150 aboard the multipurpose offshore support boat at the Jalan Brigjen Katamso shipyard in Batam, Indonesia. German operator Briese Schiffahrt opted for the new system for Saxum to replace its voice-centric system in order to cope with the increasing volume of email communications it sends and receives and the escalating costs of sending data over that system. The FB150 service is designed for small and medium-sized fishing, merchant and leisure craft. It gives vessels access to the internet at up to 150 kbps — 60 times faster than the speed of the previous service available on Saxum — and also provides high-quality voice calls and SMS text messaging. Later this month, Briese Schiffahrt will fit an FB150 to one of its container ships — the Langeness.
Another Vessel Victory For Inmarsat
A German coastal vessel, Saxum, has become the first ship in Europe to switch to Inmarsat’s new FleetBroadband 150 service.
The Saxum was fitted with a Thrane & Thrane Sailor 150 FleetBroadband system when it arrived at a stopover in its home port of Leer in Germany. News about the installation comes just days after the Miclyn Enterprise became the first vessel in the world to adopt the service. It required just 15 minutes to set-up FB150 aboard the multipurpose offshore support boat at the Jalan Brigjen Katamso shipyard in Batam, Indonesia. German operator Briese Schiffahrt opted for the new system for Saxum to replace its voice-centric system in order to cope with the increasing volume of email communications it sends and receives and the escalating costs of sending data over that system. The FB150 service is designed for small and medium-sized fishing, merchant and leisure craft. It gives vessels access to the internet at up to 150 kbps — 60 times faster than the speed of the previous service available on Saxum — and also provides high-quality voice calls and SMS text messaging. Later this month, Briese Schiffahrt will fit an FB150 to one of its container ships — the Langeness.
The Saxum was fitted with a Thrane & Thrane Sailor 150 FleetBroadband system when it arrived at a stopover in its home port of Leer in Germany. News about the installation comes just days after the Miclyn Enterprise became the first vessel in the world to adopt the service. It required just 15 minutes to set-up FB150 aboard the multipurpose offshore support boat at the Jalan Brigjen Katamso shipyard in Batam, Indonesia. German operator Briese Schiffahrt opted for the new system for Saxum to replace its voice-centric system in order to cope with the increasing volume of email communications it sends and receives and the escalating costs of sending data over that system. The FB150 service is designed for small and medium-sized fishing, merchant and leisure craft. It gives vessels access to the internet at up to 150 kbps — 60 times faster than the speed of the previous service available on Saxum — and also provides high-quality voice calls and SMS text messaging. Later this month, Briese Schiffahrt will fit an FB150 to one of its container ships — the Langeness.
