The milestone order no. 1000 came as part of a large fleet contract of 67 vessels signed last week. Since the launch in 2003 SEVSAT from Ship Equip has gone from being the VSAT product that challenged the established to the product that sets the standard.

The statement comes from Thomas Andersson Vice President for procurement in Rederi AB Transatlantic. He explains: To get a job for an offshore vessel, you need highly experienced and motivated crew . In many ways you can say it is the crew that is awarded the contract rather than the vessel itself. In such an environment you cannot afford to lose good crew.

See the animated film here - duration 1:25 minutes.

Maritime satellite communication is fast rising. A survey into the Ship Equip customer base shows that 770 Ships using the satellite broadband system SEVSAT (Ship Equip VSAT) increased its monthly data transmissions from 9,1 GigaBytes per ship per month in April 2009 to 19.7 GigaBytes per ship per month in April 2010.

This two page article ran in Sunnmorsposten on Wednesday 21st of April outlining growth and profitiability developments from 2008 to 2009. Conclusion is Ship Equip is growing strong. Read english version of the article below.