The Valour Consultancy tour bus is back on the road. Join our maritime experts at SMM in Hamburg! On 7 September, our friends at Inmarsat will be running a thought-provoking lunchtime seminar on the state of play of the maritime connectivity market. The seminar will be moderated by Joshua Flood, Co-Founder & Senior Research Consultant…
As avid readers will testify, we love a musically-themed blog here at Valour Consultancy. Over the years, we’ve managed to cram in a reference to The Power by SNAP!, twice paid homage to The Beatles (here and here), talked about how seatback IFE is Stayin’ Alive and basked in the glory of Bowie’s Sound and…
Little Boxes made of Ticky Tacky* Having recently discussed modular maintenance, this piece examines alternative possibilities for vessel design concepts, in particular, the development of the existing Articulated Tug Barge and Stena Bulk’s Infinity concept. Separating drive train from cargo seems like a commercial winner but is it safe and reasonable? Existing Methods of Barge…
Ahead of last month’s Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX), we identified ‘digital services’ as a theme we expected to see feature on many of the booths in the IFEC zone. In fact, more than half of the points in our pre-show “10 things to look out for at AIX” blog can be attributed to the topic.…
Valour Consultancy is inviting satellite operators, service providers, integrators, airline end-users and other market stakeholders to participate in our upcoming in-flight connectivity research update. The Future of In-Flight Connectivity – 2022 Edition will be the fifth iteration of this flagship aviation report, building on extensive market data gathered since Valour’s inception back in 2012. As ever,…
David Whelan, Senior Analyst at Valour Consultancy, specialises in IFEC and aircraft digitalisation. In this blog, he explores how airlines and their vendor partners are working to provide wireless audio experiences. This article was first published in Inflight magazine. You can access the latest edition here. Note subscription is required to access the full publication. Historically,…
Valour Consultancy has published the 2022 edition of its flagship maritime market intelligence report. The 2022 edition of The Future of Maritime Connectivity is the report’s fourth iteration, building on extensive market data back to 2013. It offers in-depth analysis of key service providers, hardware vendors, satellite operators and technology enablers, covering all geographic regions.…
In this blog, Valour Consultancy’s senior analyst David Whelan shares his thoughts on the rise of digital cabin applications. This article was first published in Onboard Hospitality magazine. You can access the full publication here. As the aviation industry emerges from the COVID downturn and global air passenger numbers begin to recover, many airlines are…
Valour Consultancy is due to release the 2022 edition of its flagship maritime report in the coming weeks. To whet your appetite for the The Future of Maritime Connectivity, the Valour team unveils a small sample of the headline statistics from this year’s research. This highlights how the market has evolved since we last published…
Ship Chandler – Farewell, My Lovely* Supply of parts and maintenance for autonomous shipping will be a thorny problem for some time. Historically, when vessels were more generically cargo transporters, a single supplier, a ship’s chandler, would have all the pieces needed to get the vessel operational and seaworthy again. With increasing automation and specialisation,…
The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise are the UK’s most prestigious awards for outstanding achievement and serve as national recognition for business excellence. In 2020, Valour Consultancy was selected as a winner in the category for International Trade following outstanding growth in overseas earnings over the previous three years. Celebrations were put on hold during the…
After more than two years of largely locked-down life in Melbourne, Australia, Valour’s co-founder Daniel Welch looks ahead to the upcoming Aircraft Interiors Expo. Momentous both on a personal level – with a first international trip since 2019 – and an industry-wide level as IFEC and cabin technology specialists head back to their spiritual home…