Connectivity
Satellite, VSAT, LEO, cellular and hybrid links at sea.
Maritime Connectivity: How Ships Stay Online at Sea
Connectivity at sea is hard: links drop, latency varies, and bandwidth is expensive. Modern fleets layer…
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Starlink Maritime: LEO Satellite Internet for Ships
Starlink uses a large low-Earth-orbit constellation to deliver fast, low-latency internet at sea, reshaping…
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VSAT: Very Small Aperture Terminal for Ships
VSAT has connected ships via geostationary satellites for decades, offering wide, predictable coverage across…
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Inmarsat Fleet Xpress & FleetBroadband
Inmarsat's FleetBroadband and Fleet Xpress are widely used maritime satellite services known for global…
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Iridium Certus: Global L-band Connectivity & GMDSS
Iridium's network of 66 low-orbit satellites gives genuine pole-to-pole coverage, making Certus a reliable…
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OneWeb (Eutelsat): LEO Connectivity for Maritime
OneWeb, now under Eutelsat, is a LEO broadband constellation offering low-latency connectivity at sea,…
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L-band Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) at Sea
L-band mobile satellite services prioritise reliability and small antennas over speed, the link that keeps…
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GMDSS: Global Maritime Distress and Safety System
GMDSS is the internationally mandated framework that ensures ships can call for help and receive safety…
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Hybrid Maritime Connectivity & Auto-Failover
No single link is enough at sea, so fleets combine LEO, VSAT and L-band with automatic failover to stay…
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Cellular Connectivity at Sea (4G/5G & Roaming)
Close to shore and in port, cellular 4G/5G provides fast, low-cost connectivity that complements satellite,…
Read →Protocols & data
NMEA, J1939, Modbus, OPC-UA, MQTT and vessel-data standards.
Onboard Data Protocols & Standards on Ships
A modern ship is a patchwork of devices that each speak their own protocol. Turning that into one usable data…
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NMEA 0183: The Legacy Marine Serial Protocol
NMEA 0183 is the long-standing text-based serial protocol for marine electronics, still found in AIS and many…
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NMEA 2000 (N2K): The Standard Marine Network Bus
NMEA 2000 is the plug-and-play, CAN-based network that has become the de-facto standard for connecting modern…
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NMEA OneNet: Marine Ethernet for High-Bandwidth Data
NMEA OneNet brings marine networking onto Ethernet and IP, carrying far more data than NMEA 2000 for systems…
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SAE J1939: Engine & Machinery Data on CAN
SAE J1939 is the higher-layer CAN protocol that engines and heavy machinery use for control and diagnostics,…
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Modbus: Industrial Protocol for Ship Automation
Modbus is a simple, decades-old industrial protocol found throughout ship automation, tank gauging, energy…
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OPC-UA: Industrial Interoperability Standard
OPC-UA is a modern, secure, platform-independent industrial standard used in ship automation and as an…
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MQTT: Lightweight Telemetry for IoT & Ships
MQTT is a lightweight publish/subscribe messaging protocol that suits the weak, intermittent and costly links…
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ISO 19848: Standard Data Structure for Ship Machinery
ISO 19848 gives shipboard machinery data a standard structure and naming, so vessel data becomes portable and…
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ISO 19847: Shipboard Data Servers
ISO 19847 defines the shipboard data servers that collect and share vessel data on board and with shore,…
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CAN Bus: The Backbone Behind Marine Networks
CAN bus is the rugged multi-master serial network that sits underneath both NMEA 2000 and SAE J1939.
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IEC 61162-450: Lightweight Ethernet for Ship Systems
IEC 61162-450, known as Lightweight Ethernet, standardises how shipboard navigation and bridge systems share…
Read →Cargo tracking
AIS, trackers, RFID/BLE, smart containers, DCSA Track & Trace.
Cargo Tracking & Supply-Chain Visibility
Knowing where cargo is — and what condition it's in — spans devices on the box, carrier data and vessel…
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AIS: Automatic Identification System for Ships
AIS is the transponder system that broadcasts a ship's identity and movement, underpinning both collision…
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Cargo Trackers: GPS, Cellular & Satellite Devices
Cargo trackers are battery-powered devices on containers or pallets that report position, and often…
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RFID in Maritime Logistics
RFID identifies cargo and assets wirelessly at gates and yards, enabling fast inventory without line of sight.
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BLE Asset Tags for Short-Range Tracking
BLE tags are tiny, low-cost, long-life beacons that locate and group assets at short range, with gateways…
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Smart Containers & Electronic Seals (eSeals)
Smart containers and electronic seals bring connectivity, security and condition awareness to the box itself,…
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Reefer & Cold-Chain Monitoring
Reefer monitoring continuously watches refrigerated containers, protecting perishable cargo by catching…
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DCSA Track & Trace: Standardized Shipment Visibility
DCSA Track & Trace is an open industry standard that delivers consistent, real-time container status across…
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DCSA eBL: The Electronic Bill of Lading
The electronic Bill of Lading digitizes shipping's central document of title, making transfer faster, more…
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Internet of Cargo: Connected, Self-Aware Shipments
The Internet of Cargo extends IoT to the goods themselves, so shipments can sense, communicate and react…
Read →Fleet platforms
PMS/ERP, vessel-data platforms and edge on board.
Vessel & Fleet Software Platforms
Most fleets already run several systems. The problem is rarely a missing platform — it's that the platforms…
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Planned Maintenance System (PMS) on Ships
A PMS is the software that schedules, tracks and records maintenance of shipboard equipment, and is mandatory…
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DNV ShipManager: Fleet Management Suite
DNV ShipManager is a comprehensive ship management suite spanning maintenance, procurement, QHSE and…
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BASSnet: Maritime Management Software
BASSnet is an integrated maritime management suite covering maintenance, materials, inspections and…
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Kongsberg Vessel Insight: Vessel Data Infrastructure
Vessel Insight is a data infrastructure that captures onboard data through edge and IoT devices and shares it…
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ABS Nautical Systems (NS): Technical Management
ABS Nautical Systems is a technical management suite covering maintenance, compliance and fleet operations.
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Veson IMOS: Commercial & Voyage Management
Veson IMOS is a widely adopted platform for the commercial side of shipping, covering chartering, voyage…
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MariApps smartPAL: Cloud Ship Management
smartPAL is a cloud and mobile ship management platform that integrates with ERP and is designed to keep…
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Edge Computing on Vessels
Edge computing runs analysis on the ship itself, close to the data, so the vessel keeps working even when the…
Read →AI & analytics
Prediction, anomaly detection, fuel optimization, RAG, CII.
Maritime AI & Predictive Analytics
Ships already generate huge volumes of data. AI is the layer that turns that data into savings, foresight and…
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Predictive Maintenance for Ship Machinery
Predictive maintenance forecasts machinery failures from data, so problems are fixed on schedule rather than…
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Anomaly Detection in Vessel Data
Anomaly detection automatically spots data that deviates from normal, providing early warnings and cutting…
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Vessel Performance Monitoring
Performance monitoring measures how efficiently a ship operates and compares actual results against expected…
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Fuel Optimization & Voyage Efficiency
Fuel optimization reduces consumption through better speed, routing and trim decisions, where small…
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Computer Vision for Navigation & Safety
Computer vision uses cameras and AI to detect vessels and obstacles around a ship, supporting collision…
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RAG for Technical Documentation (Crew Q&A)
RAG lets crews ask technical manuals questions in plain words and get accurate, grounded answers, including…
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CII & Emissions Compliance Reporting
Emissions compliance turns fuel and voyage data into regulatory reports such as CII, IMO DCS, EU MRV and…
Read →Integration & APIs
REST, webhooks, MCP, gateways and ISO data exchange.
Maritime Integration & APIs (incl. MCP)
In shipping the hard part is rarely a single feature — it's getting systems that were never meant to talk to…
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REST APIs in Maritime Integration
REST APIs are the common language for connecting maritime systems, exchanging data live over HTTP using JSON.
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Webhooks: Real-Time Events in Shipping
Webhooks let one system push an event to another the moment it happens, enabling real-time reactions without…
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MCP: Model Context Protocol for AI Agents
MCP is an open standard for connecting AI agents to external tools and data through a single uniform…
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Data Gateways & Protocol Translation
Data gateways bridge and translate between the many shipboard protocols, unifying them into one clean stream…
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ISO Data Exchange Standards in Shipping
Data exchange standards give shipping a common language, so data is portable and comparable across systems,…
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IACS Cyber Requirements (UR E26/E27)
IACS unified requirements E26 and E27 make cyber resilience mandatory for new ships and their onboard…
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