Communication

Improved communication technology makes the seas safer

Communication facilities at sea, and the sophistication of the technology making it possible, have exploded over the last decade or so.

Communication at sea no longer is limited to ship-to-shore radio signals and costly phone calls. The marine industry has joined with the rest of the world in jumping on the wireless communications bandwagon.

Satellites have put maritime communication development into overdrive

It was in the 1960s when the first space satellites began orbiting the earth and almost immediately the impact on global shipping was exceedingly positive. Maritime communications, which were mostly stagnant or very slow in development, exploded almost overnight.