Pacific Basin Shipping using KVH mini-VSAT Broadband solution to keep seafarers connected

MIDDLETOWN – Pacific Basin Shipping Ltd. is using KVH Industries Inc.’s mini-VSAT Broadband solution to support Pacific Basin’s initiative to modernize ship-shore communications on approximately 100 ships.

Pacific Basin, based in Hong Kong, operates modern Handysize and Supramax dry bulk ships. It provides approximately 500 industrial producers, traders and users of dry bulk commodities with freight service under spot and long-term cargo contracts.

The company employs 3,000 seafarers and 330 shore-based staff in 12 key locations around the world.

Vivian Quenet, KVH vice president, Asia-Pacific sales, said the company is honored that Pacific Basin has chosen KVH’s leading mini-VSAT Broadband service for its fleet.

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“We are proud to contribute to Pacific Basin’s success by providing an entire suite of hardware backed by our commitment to deliver the best connectivity and services,” Quenet said in a statement.

Said Capt. Uttam K. Jaiswal, Pacific Basin’s general manager – marine, “Aside from the obvious business requirements, we at Pacific Basin see value in enabling our seafarers to keep in contact with family and friends through the internet. The new equipment will also enhance shore-to-ship crew training and support for safe ship operations.”

The solution also comes with the myKVH portal, which provides vessel location, connection details, management and control of data usage onboard.

Pacific Basin also chose KVH’s IP-MobileCast content delivery service to provide crew members with NEWSlink TV content, which includes international news channels along with TV channels in crew members’ native languages.

“This helps to boost morale onboard, as crews feel closer to home when they can watch the same programs as their families on shore,” a news release from KVH states.

Seafarers also can read newspapers from their native countries on their own mobile devices through this package, KVH said.

“Our global service partners were able to easily accommodate the Pacific Basin vessels’ schedules and, as a result, managed to deploy the solution on all the vessels in a short period of time,” Tommy Fung, KVH’s North East Asia sales manager, said in a statement.

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