Introduction Marlink has gone shopping again. This time, the target is GRC, a specialist provider of satellite communications and managed connectivity services to government, defence and critical infrastructure customers. On the surface, the acquisition looks like another bolt on deal. In reality, it fits neatly into a much broader pattern of capability building. Over the…
Introduction Commercial shipping has already embraced Starlink. The next challenge is convincing the world’s largest fleet operators that bandwidth alone is no longer enough. Wall Street spent last week analysing SpaceX’s latest quarterly earnings. Investors focused on revenues of $7.8 billion, 12 million Starlink subscribers and Elon Musk’s ambitious target of generating $100 billion in…
Introduction Ask someone to picture an autonomous vessel, and they will probably imagine a crewless container ship crossing the Pacific with nobody on board, guided entirely by AI. It is an image that captures headlines and fuels conference debates. The reality, however, is considerably less dramatic and considerably more interesting. History shows that technological revolutions…
Introduction When Hapag-Lloyd announced that it would deploy Inmarsat’s NexusWave across its fleet earlier this month, most headlines focused on another connectivity contract. They missed the bigger story. The announcement represents a significant win for Inmarsat and perhaps an even more important signal for the wider maritime connectivity market. After more than 21 months of…
Introduction Newsreaders frequently state that around 90% of the world’s goods are transported by sea. This equates to commercial merchant shipping transporting approximately 11–13 billion tonnes of cargo during 2024. Dry bulk makes up the largest segment, accounting for roughly 4.9 billion tonnes (about 48%) of all seaborne trade and is typically measured by weight.…
Introduction Much of the discussion surrounding automated and smart shipping focuses on navigation, propulsion, remote operations and artificial intelligence. Yet one of the industry’s biggest opportunities to improve safety, efficiency and profitability lies somewhere far less glamorous: cargo handling. For many commercial applications, automated shipping is perhaps the more appropriate term than autonomous shipping. While…
Introduction One of the beauties of our work as market intelligence analysts is the opportunity to interview fascinating people and companies. Better still is speaking to the same companies over many years and seeing how their businesses evolve as technology, competition, and customer requirements change. In the autumn of 2022, Valour Consultancy interviewed MarPoint, then…
Introduction Recently, I was listening to Morgan Housel, the renowned financial self-help author of The Psychology of Money. Morgan’s podcasts are information-packed, last 15 minutes, and leave you pondering the assumptions for hours afterwards. The podcast I was digesting was The Art and Science of Investing. Housel argues that successful investing is only partly about…
We’re delighted to announce the arrival of our Q1 2026 Maritime Connectivity Market Tracker data instalment, featuring new insights on Starlink Maritime deployments and revenues, Inmarsat Nexus and OneWeb’s activations, offshore energy sub-segments, and annualised revenues per service provider. This service complements our flagship report, “The Future of Maritime Connectivity” offering a granular deep dive into installation…
London, April 15th, 2026, 11:00 British Summer Time (BST) Flat panel antennas are moving firmly into the mainstream, with shipments across aviation, land mobility and maritime projected to approach half a million units by 2035, according to Valour Consultancy’s new report titled ‘The Future of Flat Panel Antennas – 2026’. The company’s previous analysis, published in 2023, projected flat panel shipments to reach…
Introduction At the start of 2026, Navarino Group announced a partnership with ICG, which saw the global asset manager acquire a stake in Navarino, leading to an agreement between the group’s founders, Dimitris and Panos Tsikopoulos, to buy out Viasat’s minority 49 per cent stake in the entity. This move won’t surprise many industry folk,…
With Valour Consultancy’s Future of Autonomous Maritime Vessels – 2026 Edition nearing release, preliminary findings have been shared with early purchasers and programme participants. The updated data provides valuable insight into the evolving maritime autonomy landscape. The study examines vessel volumes across the International Maritime Organization’s IMO four degrees of autonomy, alongside key enabling subsystems. Valour Consultancy categorises autonomous maritime technologies…
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