PRESS RELEASE: Demand for higher bandwidth is on the rise in the shipping industry as owners and managers position themselves to meet the opportunities posed by improved digitalisation, according to World-Link Communications.
Asad Salameh, World-Link President, said that while shipowners saw digitalisation as essential in increasing the value of their asset, ship managers were turning to smart technology to help them manage their fleets more effectively and more efficiently.
“The trend in the industry is definitely for higher bandwidth. We are very busy converting old technology such as Fleet Broadband to new options such as Fleet Express which is about ten times faster and without any limits on the megabytes you are sending,” he said.
While demand for bandwidth is on the increase, the number of ships switching to improved connectivity is also increasing. “We are seeing even the smaller Greek ship owners (traditionally very conservative) looking to upgrade the systems they have on-board their ships to a higher bandwidth capability, ” he said.
