Inmarsat signs 5 year deal with Marlink on Fleet Xpress

Maritime communication company Marlink has signed a deal with communications specialist Inmarsat which will see the latter's Fleet Xpress broadband service made available on more than 2,000 ships over five years.

"Today's agreement with Marlink is a significant endorsement of our new Fleet Xpress service," said Rupert Pearce, chief executive of Inmarsat.

"Although Fleet Xpress was only launched in March, it has been enthusiastically welcomed by the maritime market. This success serves to highlight the growth potential of the Global Xpress network that powers Fleet Xpress and reinforces our position in maritime."

Inmarsat said Fleet Xpress allowed the deployment of a “new generation of connected ship applications and with them, a host of operational benefits that will support cost reductions and competitive advantage enhanced by those ship owners and operators that embrace the benefits of global, reliable, high-speed broadband services”.