Maritime Satellite Communications Optimization.

Optimizing maritime communications

Maritime organizations face unique communications challenges. Delivering information to ships at sea over satellite is vital, but expensive.

Whether you’re transferring HR files, ISM documents or providing Internet services on board, bandwidth and cost are constraints. Geo-Replicator provides unique new technology that, with our patented Epsilon compression technology, enables operators to deliver this content in the most cost-effective way.

Infonic Geo-Replicator provides ship operators with:

Safety and Quality Management. Compliance with international shipping regulations through automatic detection of updates added by Quality or Safety staff. Read more
Training. Onboard web and flash video based training tools without large data transfers required by online access. Read more
Crew Welfare. Internet and news access on board ship. Read more
Collaboration. Deployment of feature-rich applications such as Microsoft® SharePoint® by optimizing data transfer and reducing satellite costs. Read more
Remote Systems Maintenance and Monitoring. Unstructured data files can be significantly rationalized, enabling data such as Engine, Machinery and Service monitoring logs to be transmitted economically from ship to shore. Read more
General Data Exchange & Administration. Regular data such as anti-virus updates as well as ad-hoc updates for fleet circulars and technical manuals in optimized form. Read more

Download the Infonic Guidance Note on Typical Applications for Geo-Replicator.

Major maritime customers

Infonic software supports large maritime clients including the US Navy, Shell, APL, Dredging International and Odfjell. These fleets enjoy savings of up to 99% on their satellite data transfer costs, and an ROI of typically 6-12 months, whilst providing services never previously available onboard.

Geo-Replicator’s unique technology compresses and optimizes data - by up to 99% - making this the most efficient maritime data transfer system available. It is also data, file and format independent. Once information is on board it is available 24/7 even when offline, giving free on-ship access to information.

Read the APL Case Study.
Read the Dredging International Case Study.
Read the Odfjell Case Study.
Read the Shell Case Study.
Download "Infonic software keeps ships at sea on same page" (excerpt from Upstream Technology magazine Vol 3 No. 5 May 2008).

Inmarsat FleetBroadband Service

Recent tests over Inmarsat’s Fleetbroadband service indicated a seven-fold improvement in response time for opening Microsoft® SharePoint® documents when using Geo-Replicator for SharePoint replication.