Introduction (Joshua Flood) 2025 starts with a bang, as Navarino announces the 100% ownership purchase of Castor Marine BV, the Dutch maritime service provider of satellite connectivity and IT services. Castor Marine will retain its independent brand outside of the Navarino Group, but it will utilise Navarino’s bigger resources and digital portfolio of services. The…
Introduction It’s coming to the end of the 2024 yachting season in the Mediterranean, and the majority of these luxurious leisure vessels will migrate west over the Atlantic to the Caribbean. Some are piggy-backed on the DYT – Yacht Servant. As the season finishes, maritime connectivity service providers will begin reviewing their performances in 2024:…
We recently released the year-end installment of data from our Maritime Connectivity Tracker, including some new findings on Starlink, and annualised revenues per service provider. This service supplements our flagship report on The Future of Maritime Connectivity. Valour Consultancy runs this service on a quarterly basis, and it is designed to keep those with a…
Introduction With conversations in the satellite connectivity space focused on LEO offerings such as Starlink and how incumbent GEO VSAT offerings will fare in the coming years, it’s easy to forget the MSS market. L-band services remain critical in commercial shipping because of their safety, reliability, and robustness features. MSS services that are GMDSS compliant…
Valour Consultancy released the 2024 edition of its flagship maritime report last month. To whet your appetite for “The Future of Maritime Connectivity – 2024”, the Valour maritime team unveils a small sample of the headline statistics. 12 Maritime Connectivity Stats You Need to Know: The “Battle of the Networks” is well on its way.…
Alishia Sims, Market Research Analyst I was born just six months before the turn of the millennium, a time when my early years were filled with watching my favourite films on VHS tapes. DVD players had only just been invented a few years earlier, but they were far too expensive for us to afford. Music…
(Originally published July 2024) Inmarsat has announced the dawn of NexusWave, the new showpiece solution for Inmarsat Maritime’s operations. Before delving into the what, how, when, whether it makes sense, will it work, and whether we should get one, we thought taking a few steps back and some reflection on the company’s past activities…
Introducing Valour Consultancy’s industry-recognised maritime report: “The Future of Maritime Connectivity – 2024”. This is the fifth edition of the study, following our highly popular 2022 report which offers an in-depth analysis of the evolving landscape of connectivity in the maritime industry, highlighting significant changes that have occurred over the last two years. The “battle…
Introduction The North Atlantic hurricane season officially started on June 1st, before which date, all winds were zephyrs. The Northeast and Central Pacific season started on May 15th. Every major ocean has its season, and these signify a degradation in satellite communication. In this article, we look at the impact this will have on maritime users. …
Valour Consultancy is delighted to share the latest episode in our Meet The CEO video series. In the run-up to the publication of our flagship report on The Future of Maritime Connectivity, our Market Research Analyst, Alishia Sims, recently interviewed Nabil Ben Soussia, CCO of IEC Telecom Group: a company that is a key player…
European satellite operator, SES, has announced its plans to acquire the U.S. satellite operator and service provider, Intelsat, in a $3.1bn takeover. The move comes after provisional discussions over a merger ended in the summer of 2023. In this article, Valour Consultancy examines what this means in the context of major mobility verticals. Commercial…
Introduction As alluded to in a previous article, there is a fundamental difference between fossil fuels being used for energy production and renewable energy production notwithstanding the ecological and climate benefits. This difference is point of generation (PoG). Fossil fuels must be recovered from the earth and transported to where they can be used. For…
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