Sydney- based solo sailor and adventurer Lisa Blair (32) recommenced her attempt to circumnavigate Antarctica and departing Royal Cape Yacht Club in Cape Town at 1100 (CAT) on Sunday 11 June 2017 (1900 AET). Read more >

Leading Singapore based ship management company, Parakou, has selected Satcom Global Aura VSAT for installation across their fleet of tankers. The global Ku-band VSAT service is now live on eight vessels, following an eight week rapid installation programme in Asia and the USA, delivering high bandwidth quality communications for business and crew use. Read more >

This week Inmarsat has released firmware updates for the original IsatPhone Pro and its successor, the Ready, Robust and Reliable IsatPhone 2. The mandatory and recommended updates will offer support for the new MEAS region and improved reported GPS location accuracy on both handsets. Read more >