Maersk Line has joined the growing number of top-tier shipping companies fitting their fleets with Starlink satcom terminals. SpaceX’s low-earth-orbit, high-speed, low-latency, low-cost Starlink service has rapidly gained market share in maritime, starting with data-hungry power users in the cruise market. It keeps gaining traction in other segments – in part because seafarers report that they like it.
Maersk started out with a trial run aboard 30 of its owned vessels. Crewmembers on these ships had a chance to try out the 200 Mbps connection, and they gave “very positive” feedback about the experience, Maersk said.
After the test phase results came in, Maersk decided to roll out Starlink to all 330 of its owned vessels. In an era when many seafarers are still struggling to get basic onboard connectivity, Maersk’s privileged mariners will have “seamless streaming and high-definition videocalls.”aersk Gives its Maritime fleet Starlink Internet.
Excerpt curated from The Maritime Executive website.
