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It’s no coincidence that Class standard bearer DNV GL’s in- coming group chief exec, Remi
Eriksen, is a former telecoms engineer who knows his way around Houston (IT) and Sin- gapore (yards). After all, the satellite communications in- dustry understands shipping.
The reverse should also be true.
Speaking ahead of his ? rst day as CEO, Eriksen describes a future of “fast ships and slow growth” — not bandwidth growth, mind you. Satellite op- erators, network providers and other vendors are eying broad- band for Big Data transfers.
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