Marlink has actually simply become part of an arrangement with Overseas Adventure Travel (O.A.T.) to provide its market-leading satellite voice as well as information connection solutions for usage on 5 experience cruise liner in the O.A.T. fleet.
Under the regards to the setup, Marlink will certainly offer the O.A.T. Small Ships with an advanced collection of options; devices, data transfer as well as procedures to dependably satisfy as well as go beyond guest voice as well as information demands; nonstop voice as well as business connection to help with ship monitoring jobs; as well as versatile connection solutions to sustain the assimilation of a third-party GSM driver.
The expanding appeal of the experience cruise ship field provided O.A.T. with a collection of distinct obstacles, not the very least of which was the associated demand to constantly offer an ideal guest experience, boost safety and security as well as advertise staff fulfillment, nonetheless remote the locations on its schedules may be. The capacity to supply as well as keep a durable interactions web link in formerly unattainable areas was a crucial problem.
Marlink’s international connection solutions hold the trick. Starting in 2019, when O.A.T.’s little ships dived in for locations past the range of bigger, mainstream cruise liner, they will certainly gain from the reliability as well as flexibility of Marlink’s international C-band, Ku- band as well as L-band insurance coverage, which most importantly includes Antarctic as well as Arctic functional capacity. Marlink’s bespoke satellite solution will certainly allow data transfer to be dynamically shared in between each of the O.A.T. Small Ship tourists, relying on present need for each and every vessel.
The initial O.A.T. vessel linked by Marlink’s Sealink maritime VSAT solution was MV Corinthian, in January 2019. The continuing to be vessels– MV Clio, MV Athena, MV Arethusa as well as MV Artemis– will certainly do the same later on in the year. The ships will certainly be fitted with Marlink’s newly-developed dual-band antenna system: this remedy immediately changes in between regularities to offer insurance coverage no matter where they cruise, likewise to offer conformity with neighborhood authorities when near to coast.
The onboard system will certainly be enhanced consequently by an L-band out-of-band back-up making it possible for remote accessibility to Marlink’s Maritime Network Operations Centre (MNOC). This VSAT assistance solution enables seasoned network as well as antenna designers to proactively keep an eye on onboard connection efficiency as well as handle any kind of data transfer as well as insurance coverage changes throughout the agreement life process.
“At O.A.T., we pride ourselves on making the comfort, welfare and satisfaction of our customers and crew a primary consideration,” claims Simon Laxton, President GCCL & & OAT WW Fleet Operation, “so it’s only natural that we should draw upon Marlink’s pioneering expertise in end-to-end managed connectivity to make flawless communications to and from more remote destinations a reality.”
“O.A.T’s Small Ship Adventures remind us that there is still a great deal of the world for us to admire and explore,” claims Tore Morten Olsen, President Maritime, Marlink, “but our connectivity solutions bring even the most remote areas within real-time reach of everyone, wherever they are, via social media video and photo uploads, phone calls, SMS texts and emails. We’re excited to be such an integral part of this journey with O.A.T.”
