Our diverse maritime research portfolio covers a comprehensive overview of the maritime connectivity and technologies market. Our studies highlight drivers and inhibitors of the market across a range of sectors and applications.

We offer in-depth analysis of key service providers, hardware vendors, satellite operators and technology enablers, covering all geographic regions. Popular reports include our annual update on maritime satellite connectivity and other evolving topics such as cybersecurity and autonomous vessels.

As new digital applications and smart shipping capabilities progress, we can help you to evaluate new and existing markets, identify opportunities and analyse potential threats to your business activities.

The Future of Maritime Connectivity - 2025

Published December 2025, Valour Consultancy’s seventh edition of The Future of Maritime Connectivity provides an in-depth and comprehensive analysis of the maritime connectivity landscape. Our 2025 report goes a step further than the 2024 edition by breaking out MSS, GEO, MEO and LEO VSAT broadband service combinations across each application.

It delivers a detailed assessment of the current and future marketplace and is aimed at satellite operators, ISPs, hardware vendors and connectivity service providers. The report includes comprehensive market forecasts from 2025 to 2034, alongside historical data from 2023 to 2024.

Published Q4 2025

Free Whitepaper: Why Does GMDSS Really Matter?

Developed alongside substantial interest and input from maritime connectivity stakeholders, Valour’s free whitepaper explores why the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) is far more than a regulatory requirement—it’s the backbone of global maritime safety, born from lessons learned after disasters like the Titanic.

Supplementing the market insight provided in our flagship report on The Future of Maritime Connectivity 2025, this whitepaper explains how GMDSS works, the critical functions it delivers, and why compliance, coverage, and coordination matter wherever a vessel operates.

Learn how evolving satellite technologies, increased competition, and digital integration are reshaping the future of safety at sea. Download now to understand how GMDSS continues to ensure that every distress call is heard and acted upon.

Published Q2 2026

Maritime Connectivity Market Tracker

Supplementing our in-depth annual deep dive into the maritime connectivity market, this new quarterly tracker is designed to keep those with a vested interest in the area updated on installation activity and key trends.

Available Now

The Future of Flat Panel Antennas – 2026

This second edition report signifies a much–needed refresh on our 2023 report on the market for flat panel antennas. Today, many of the barriers which once held back the rate of adoption of flat panel antennas have now dissipated and installations are rising rapidly across all mobility applications. This study provides an update on how low-profile antennas continue to offer redundancy and low latency connectivity solutions across maritime applications including cruise, leisure, merchant, military, offshore O&G and passenger, as well as in aviation and land mobility sectors.  

In a deep-dive report format, this study provides a comprehensive analysis of market statistics, influencing factors, and key company profiles. It also offers an updated assessment of the evolving competitive landscape, highlighting which vendors are best positioned for success. Forecasts include unit shipments and revenue projections across all sectors through to 2035.

Publishied Q1 2026

Satellite D2D: Its Role in Commercial Applications - 2026

Satellite Direct-to-Device (D2D) connectivity is reshaping the future of global communications. In the maritime sector, merchant vessels, fishing fleets, and offshore platforms often operate in areas with no cellular coverage, relying on expensive, specialized satcom terminals. D2D opens the door to using standard smartphones and IoT modules at sea, enabling affordable crew communications, vessel telemetry, safety reporting, and cargo tracking. By lowering barriers to adoption, D2D has the potential to extend digitalisation into previously underserved segments of the global maritime industry.

This brand-new study from Valour Consultancy will explore the transformation of commercial D2D technologies, identifying the companies, technologies and strategies best positioned to lead this rapidly emerging market. It will provide a 10-year market outlook, detailing assumption, future trends and forecasts out to 2034.

Publishing Q2 2026

The Future Market of Cellular Technologies (5G) in Maritime – 2023

This new report is the first piece of research that looks to break out the key cellular component of “hybrid connectivity” within the maritime connectivity ecosystem. It comprehensively analyses the current and future marketplace for mobile operators, ISPs, maritime service providers, and cellular hardware manufacturers, including market forecasts from 2021 to 2032.

This 2023 update is the first edition, varying from our renowned MSS and VSAT satellite-focused report, “The Future of Maritime Connectivity”.

Published Q3 2023

The Future Market Impact of LEO Services: Starlink Maritime - 2023

Over recent months, governments, the media, satellite operators, service provider and maritime end-users alike have observed with a keen interest over the growth and deployment of Starlink Maritime. This report intends to provide an insight into the LEO satellite operator, looking closely at its strategy, resellers, hardware, and the potential
impact on the market.

Published Q2 2023

FREE WHITEPAPER: Maritime Merchant Connectivity

A new whitepaper developed with ST Engineering iDirect looking at different connectivity solutions for the maritime industry. Take a look!

Available Now

FREE WHITEPAPER: AI in the Fishing Industry

Valour’s 2024 whitepaper on AI in the Fishing Industry provides an introductory overview of the topic including:

  • The current state of play.
  • The consequences of overfishing in territorial waters.
  • The consequences of overfishing in international waters.
  • Can AI predict new policy implementation on fish populations?
  • Conclusion

Available Now

FREE WHITEPAPER: Every Maritime Connectivity Mode Matters

Our latest whitepaper developed with ST Engineering iDirect explains why every connectivity mode matters. We discuss the following topics:

  • Connectivity serving the remote and faraway.
  • Why GEO VSAT will always be relevant.
  • Alternative options – “Backstops”.
  • The increasing requirement for crew connectivity.
  • Bigger vessels.
  • Trends at sea that rely on connectivity.
  • Other connectivity technology considerations.

Available Now

The Future of Maritime Cybersecurity – 2025

As connectivity advances and digitalisation accelerates across the maritime industry, the risk from cyber threats grows. “The Future of Maritime Cybersecurity” explores this evolving landscape, assessing both the challenges and market opportunities it presents.

Published Q1 2025

The Future of Maritime Digitalisation – 2025

This first edition report explores how digital technologies are reshaping the maritime industry. While digitalisation is a broad concept, the report focuses on IT and crew services, with practical examples including crew entertainment, cloud services, IT management solutions, live CCTV, and smart boxes/ traffic management systems.

Published Q3 2025

Assured PNT For Shipping: Technologies & Services Countering Maritime GNSS Interference – 2026

Escalating GPS jamming and spoofing across strategic sea lanes is exposing critical vulnerabilities in maritime navigation, accelerating demand for resilient positioning, navigation and timing solutions that can safeguard vessels, cargos and global trade from disruption.
In response, the market for resilient Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) solutions is expanding rapidly. Technologies include multi-constellation receivers, interference detection systems, inertial navigation, fibre-optic gyroscopes and emerging alternatives, supported by monitoring and advisory services.
This report evaluates these solutions, assessing their capabilities, limitations, deployment outlook and commercial potential, alongside a detailed analysis of the competitive landscape.
It is intended for stakeholders across the maritime technology and connectivity value chain, providing insight to support strategic decision-making and market positioning.
Estimated Q3 2026

The Future of Smart Ports & Terminals: Operators, Enabling Technologies & Infrastructure Connectivity - 2026

An executive analysis for port authorities and technology providers examining how ownership structures, liability frameworks and long-term commercial models will determine the success, resilience and strategic control of smart port automation infrastructure.

This report examines the governance and commercial frameworks underpinning smart port transformation. It explores ownership models, CAPEX versus OPEX strategies, managed service structures, multi-vendor risk, and long-term migration pathways.

By focusing on control architecture rather than technical architecture alone, the report provides a strategic decision framework enabling both port authorities and technology partners to structure automation investments that are resilient, accountable and sustainable at scale. Additionally, market forecasts for the key segments and categories will be presented to 2035.

Estimated Q3 2026

The Future of Smart Shipping – 2024

A modern ship contains a plethora of systems to increase productivity, meet crew welfare requirements and vessel regulations. Our 2024 update expands upon ‘The Future of Smart Shipping Maritime Digital Applications’ 2020 edition. It details the technical requirements of digital control and studies the role of key companies on this burgeoning market.
Published Q2 2024

Free Infographic: The Future of Smart Shipping 2024

The maritime industry has increasingly enhanced digital interconnectivity as a means to improve efficiency, sustainability, and crew welfare. Our 2024 report on The Future of Smart Shipping provides a thorough analysis of the current and future demand for smart shipping at sea, across five maritime verticals.

This free infographic introduces some key findings, including:

  • Historical data and forecasts
  • Drivers and inhibitors of market growth
  • Projected revenues
  • Vendor market shares
  • Data analytic companies market share
  • Learnings from the past 12 months

Published Q2 2024

Free Whitepaper: Autonomous Maritime Vessels - 2025

Having completed the scoping process for our 2026 report on “The Future of Autonomous Vessels”, this new whitepaper introduces key themes including:

  • Drivers of autonomy.
  • Hurdles to autonomous vessel adoption.
  • Where we are now.
  • What the future holds.

Published Q4 2025

Free Infographic: The Future of Maritime Cybersecurity - 2025

Valour’s 2025 report on ‘The Future of Maritime Cybersecurity’ explores the evolving maritime cybersecurity landscape, assessing both the challenges and market opportunities that it presents. It examines emerging threats, evaluates vulnerabilities and highlights strategies used to safeguard the industry in an increasingly digital world. It comprehensively analyses the current and future cybersecurity market for connectivity service providers, cybersecurity companies and maritime technology providers.

This free infographic offers key findings including:

  • Total maritime cybersecurity revenues from 2024
  • The number of subscriptions in 2024
  • Key drivers and inhibitors of growth
  • Market forecasts
  • Global market shares
  • Key learnings from 2024

Published Q1 2025

Free Whitepaper: The Evolving Battlefield of Maritime Cybersecurity - 2024

As the maritime industry continues to evolve, it faces an expanding and increasingly complex threat landscape. Vessels, ports, and other critical infrastructures are becoming more interconnected, enhancing operational efficiencies, but also introducing significant vulnerabilities that have the potential to disrupt global commerce, compromise safety, and cause severe financial and reputational losses.

Valour Consultancy’s upcoming 2025 report, The Future of Maritime Cybersecurity, takes a look at the cybersecurity ecosystem and the reality of cyber threats. This whitepaper serves as a snapshot of our current findings, highlighting key risks, and current players, that will be explored in greater detail in the full report.

Published Q4 2024

Deep Dive: Offshore Energy – 2025

This new report is the first piece of research that looks to break out the offshore energy market in its entirety. It explores new potential offshore energy generation technologies, the likely locations and pilot projects: PV, wave, wind, geothermal, tidal, and offshore nuclear power generation.

It breaks down the commercial opportunities related to demand and consumption for offshore energy vessels, rigs, and platforms. We segment this by different satellite technologies and identify where we see the greatest demand by asset type, across notable offshore energy market regions worldwide. By examining the key trends, drivers, and inhibitors, it explores the implementation of connectivity service, with forecast data from 2025 until 2034.

Published Q2 2025

FREE WHITEPAPER: Holistic Repurposing of North Sea Offshore Energy Assets

This whitepaper examines the current batch of decommissioning activities in the North Sea which are progressing towards sub-optimal outcomes at great cost. In conjunction with the COP26 conference, we explore some potential eco-remedial opportunities to repurpose dormant offshore energy assets in the North Sea.
CONNECTIVITY

The Future of Maritime Connectivity - 2025

Published December 2025, Valour Consultancy’s seventh edition of The Future of Maritime Connectivity provides an in-depth and comprehensive analysis of the maritime connectivity landscape. Our 2025 report goes a step further than the 2024 edition by breaking out MSS, GEO, MEO and LEO VSAT broadband service combinations across each application.

It delivers a detailed assessment of the current and future marketplace and is aimed at satellite operators, ISPs, hardware vendors and connectivity service providers. The report includes comprehensive market forecasts from 2025 to 2034, alongside historical data from 2023 to 2024.

Published Q4 2025

Free Whitepaper: Why Does GMDSS Really Matter?

Developed alongside substantial interest and input from maritime connectivity stakeholders, Valour’s free whitepaper explores why the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) is far more than a regulatory requirement—it’s the backbone of global maritime safety, born from lessons learned after disasters like the Titanic.

Supplementing the market insight provided in our flagship report on The Future of Maritime Connectivity 2025, this whitepaper explains how GMDSS works, the critical functions it delivers, and why compliance, coverage, and coordination matter wherever a vessel operates.

Learn how evolving satellite technologies, increased competition, and digital integration are reshaping the future of safety at sea. Download now to understand how GMDSS continues to ensure that every distress call is heard and acted upon.

Published Q2 2026

Maritime Connectivity Market Tracker

Supplementing our in-depth annual deep dive into the maritime connectivity market, this new quarterly tracker is designed to keep those with a vested interest in the area updated on installation activity and key trends.

Available Now

The Future of Flat Panel Antennas – 2026

This second edition report signifies a much–needed refresh on our 2023 report on the market for flat panel antennas. Today, many of the barriers which once held back the rate of adoption of flat panel antennas have now dissipated and installations are rising rapidly across all mobility applications. This study provides an update on how low-profile antennas continue to offer redundancy and low latency connectivity solutions across maritime applications including cruise, leisure, merchant, military, offshore O&G and passenger, as well as in aviation and land mobility sectors.  

In a deep-dive report format, this study provides a comprehensive analysis of market statistics, influencing factors, and key company profiles. It also offers an updated assessment of the evolving competitive landscape, highlighting which vendors are best positioned for success. Forecasts include unit shipments and revenue projections across all sectors through to 2035.

Publishied Q1 2026

Satellite D2D: Its Role in Commercial Applications - 2026

Satellite Direct-to-Device (D2D) connectivity is reshaping the future of global communications. In the maritime sector, merchant vessels, fishing fleets, and offshore platforms often operate in areas with no cellular coverage, relying on expensive, specialized satcom terminals. D2D opens the door to using standard smartphones and IoT modules at sea, enabling affordable crew communications, vessel telemetry, safety reporting, and cargo tracking. By lowering barriers to adoption, D2D has the potential to extend digitalisation into previously underserved segments of the global maritime industry.

This brand-new study from Valour Consultancy will explore the transformation of commercial D2D technologies, identifying the companies, technologies and strategies best positioned to lead this rapidly emerging market. It will provide a 10-year market outlook, detailing assumption, future trends and forecasts out to 2034.

Publishing Q2 2026

The Future Market of Cellular Technologies (5G) in Maritime – 2023

This new report is the first piece of research that looks to break out the key cellular component of “hybrid connectivity” within the maritime connectivity ecosystem. It comprehensively analyses the current and future marketplace for mobile operators, ISPs, maritime service providers, and cellular hardware manufacturers, including market forecasts from 2021 to 2032.

This 2023 update is the first edition, varying from our renowned MSS and VSAT satellite-focused report, “The Future of Maritime Connectivity”.

Published Q3 2023

The Future Market Impact of LEO Services: Starlink Maritime - 2023

Over recent months, governments, the media, satellite operators, service provider and maritime end-users alike have observed with a keen interest over the growth and deployment of Starlink Maritime. This report intends to provide an insight into the LEO satellite operator, looking closely at its strategy, resellers, hardware, and the potential
impact on the market.

Published Q2 2023

FREE WHITEPAPER: Maritime Merchant Connectivity

A new whitepaper developed with ST Engineering iDirect looking at different connectivity solutions for the maritime industry. Take a look!

Available Now

FREE WHITEPAPER: AI in the Fishing Industry

Valour’s 2024 whitepaper on AI in the Fishing Industry provides an introductory overview of the topic including:

  • The current state of play.
  • The consequences of overfishing in territorial waters.
  • The consequences of overfishing in international waters.
  • Can AI predict new policy implementation on fish populations?
  • Conclusion

Available Now

FREE WHITEPAPER: Every Maritime Connectivity Mode Matters

Our latest whitepaper developed with ST Engineering iDirect explains why every connectivity mode matters. We discuss the following topics:

  • Connectivity serving the remote and faraway.
  • Why GEO VSAT will always be relevant.
  • Alternative options – “Backstops”.
  • The increasing requirement for crew connectivity.
  • Bigger vessels.
  • Trends at sea that rely on connectivity.
  • Other connectivity technology considerations.

Available Now

DIGITALISATION

The Future of Maritime Cybersecurity – 2025

As connectivity advances and digitalisation accelerates across the maritime industry, the risk from cyber threats grows. “The Future of Maritime Cybersecurity” explores this evolving landscape, assessing both the challenges and market opportunities it presents.

Published Q1 2025

The Future of Maritime Digitalisation – 2025

This first edition report explores how digital technologies are reshaping the maritime industry. While digitalisation is a broad concept, the report focuses on IT and crew services, with practical examples including crew entertainment, cloud services, IT management solutions, live CCTV, and smart boxes/ traffic management systems.

Published Q3 2025

Assured PNT For Shipping: Technologies & Services Countering Maritime GNSS Interference – 2026

Escalating GPS jamming and spoofing across strategic sea lanes is exposing critical vulnerabilities in maritime navigation, accelerating demand for resilient positioning, navigation and timing solutions that can safeguard vessels, cargos and global trade from disruption.
In response, the market for resilient Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) solutions is expanding rapidly. Technologies include multi-constellation receivers, interference detection systems, inertial navigation, fibre-optic gyroscopes and emerging alternatives, supported by monitoring and advisory services.
This report evaluates these solutions, assessing their capabilities, limitations, deployment outlook and commercial potential, alongside a detailed analysis of the competitive landscape.
It is intended for stakeholders across the maritime technology and connectivity value chain, providing insight to support strategic decision-making and market positioning.
Estimated Q3 2026

The Future of Smart Ports & Terminals: Operators, Enabling Technologies & Infrastructure Connectivity - 2026

An executive analysis for port authorities and technology providers examining how ownership structures, liability frameworks and long-term commercial models will determine the success, resilience and strategic control of smart port automation infrastructure.

This report examines the governance and commercial frameworks underpinning smart port transformation. It explores ownership models, CAPEX versus OPEX strategies, managed service structures, multi-vendor risk, and long-term migration pathways.

By focusing on control architecture rather than technical architecture alone, the report provides a strategic decision framework enabling both port authorities and technology partners to structure automation investments that are resilient, accountable and sustainable at scale. Additionally, market forecasts for the key segments and categories will be presented to 2035.

Estimated Q3 2026

The Future of Smart Shipping – 2024

A modern ship contains a plethora of systems to increase productivity, meet crew welfare requirements and vessel regulations. Our 2024 update expands upon ‘The Future of Smart Shipping Maritime Digital Applications’ 2020 edition. It details the technical requirements of digital control and studies the role of key companies on this burgeoning market.
Published Q2 2024

Free Infographic: The Future of Smart Shipping 2024

The maritime industry has increasingly enhanced digital interconnectivity as a means to improve efficiency, sustainability, and crew welfare. Our 2024 report on The Future of Smart Shipping provides a thorough analysis of the current and future demand for smart shipping at sea, across five maritime verticals.

This free infographic introduces some key findings, including:

  • Historical data and forecasts
  • Drivers and inhibitors of market growth
  • Projected revenues
  • Vendor market shares
  • Data analytic companies market share
  • Learnings from the past 12 months

Published Q2 2024

Free Whitepaper: Autonomous Maritime Vessels - 2025

Having completed the scoping process for our 2026 report on “The Future of Autonomous Vessels”, this new whitepaper introduces key themes including:

  • Drivers of autonomy.
  • Hurdles to autonomous vessel adoption.
  • Where we are now.
  • What the future holds.

Published Q4 2025

Free Infographic: The Future of Maritime Cybersecurity - 2025

Valour’s 2025 report on ‘The Future of Maritime Cybersecurity’ explores the evolving maritime cybersecurity landscape, assessing both the challenges and market opportunities that it presents. It examines emerging threats, evaluates vulnerabilities and highlights strategies used to safeguard the industry in an increasingly digital world. It comprehensively analyses the current and future cybersecurity market for connectivity service providers, cybersecurity companies and maritime technology providers.

This free infographic offers key findings including:

  • Total maritime cybersecurity revenues from 2024
  • The number of subscriptions in 2024
  • Key drivers and inhibitors of growth
  • Market forecasts
  • Global market shares
  • Key learnings from 2024

Published Q1 2025

Free Whitepaper: The Evolving Battlefield of Maritime Cybersecurity - 2024

As the maritime industry continues to evolve, it faces an expanding and increasingly complex threat landscape. Vessels, ports, and other critical infrastructures are becoming more interconnected, enhancing operational efficiencies, but also introducing significant vulnerabilities that have the potential to disrupt global commerce, compromise safety, and cause severe financial and reputational losses.

Valour Consultancy’s upcoming 2025 report, The Future of Maritime Cybersecurity, takes a look at the cybersecurity ecosystem and the reality of cyber threats. This whitepaper serves as a snapshot of our current findings, highlighting key risks, and current players, that will be explored in greater detail in the full report.

Published Q4 2024

OIL & GAS

Deep Dive: Offshore Energy – 2025

This new report is the first piece of research that looks to break out the offshore energy market in its entirety. It explores new potential offshore energy generation technologies, the likely locations and pilot projects: PV, wave, wind, geothermal, tidal, and offshore nuclear power generation.

It breaks down the commercial opportunities related to demand and consumption for offshore energy vessels, rigs, and platforms. We segment this by different satellite technologies and identify where we see the greatest demand by asset type, across notable offshore energy market regions worldwide. By examining the key trends, drivers, and inhibitors, it explores the implementation of connectivity service, with forecast data from 2025 until 2034.

Published Q2 2025

FREE WHITEPAPER: Holistic Repurposing of North Sea Offshore Energy Assets

This whitepaper examines the current batch of decommissioning activities in the North Sea which are progressing towards sub-optimal outcomes at great cost. In conjunction with the COP26 conference, we explore some potential eco-remedial opportunities to repurpose dormant offshore energy assets in the North Sea.
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