Inmarsat launches FleetBroadband Multi-voice Inmarsat (LSE:ISAT.L), the leading provider of global mobile satellite communications services, announced the launch of FleetBroadband Multi-voice, a new capability that will allow up to nine simultaneous telephone calls to be made through a single FleetBroadband terminal.
Captain of grounded ship Karin Scheper was drunk A report investigating the grounding of a container ship off the coast of Cornwall last year says evidence suggests the master was drunk and abusive to the Officer of the Watch before falling asleep 2 hours before the vessel grounded.
IMO signs strategic counter-piracy capacity building partnerships with UN agencies and EU The commitment of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to combat piracy off the coast of Somalia through boosting capacity building in the region has been underlined with the signing of five strategic partnerships with a number of UN agencies and the EU, following a Conference on Capacity Building to Counter Piracy off the Coast of Somalia, held at IMO Headquarters in London on 15 May 2012.