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“It’s a new approach” lution of broadband onboard. pened,’ he said. But when the company required cables

Just before the NorShipping exhibition The maritime industry is broadly con- starts transmitting engine or weather • Installation: Free shipping to, in Oslo, KVH Industries announced the sidered ‘conservative,’ and Kits van data real-time, the experience changes. and standard installation in select ports availability of AgilePlans by KVH, an Heyningen explains that it is wholly “All of the sudden they realize the ben- around the globe all-inclusive Connectivity as a Service unique from nearly every other world in- e? t of changing the process, not just the • Maintenance & Support: Zero (CaaS) offering for maritime. “It’s a new dustry in one key regard: (In every other tool.” To that end, Kits van Heyningen maintenance costs for the life of the sub- approach,” said Kits van Heyningen, industry) people are trying to ? gure out sees KVH as a partner, working with scription; KVH OneCare Global Techni- noting that there are no installation costs, how to get more and more data. Over companies to help them maximize a sys- cal Assistance Package; proactive per- no hardware to buy and no long-term the last 30 years the maritime industry tem’s effectiveness. formance monitoring sign-up plan. “We tried to do something has been trying to ? gure out how to not So continues the evolution of KVH, a • Airtime and Voice: Choice of that no one else is doing. We are not con- transmit data from a vessel. Even as the true chameleon that consistently scouts KVH’s usage-based airtime data plans tent being a ‘me too’ company.” technology has improved, the mindset new opportunities for its innovation. (In with speeds up to 4 Mbps shore-to-ship,

AgilePlans con? rms this, as for a remains: “how can we limit data.” terms of investment strategy) we tend to and a KVH-assigned VoIP number monthly fee starting as low as $499 it Kits van Heyningen sees attitudes have a much longer horizon than other • Management Portal: myKVHTM brings an advanced satellite communi- changing with the generational shift, public companies, said Kits van Heynin- • Vessel Tracking Service: Basic cations solution onboard with the aim particularly as it becomes more dif? cult gen. We still try to take (measured) risks, Tracking of providing better communications and to attract the younger generation to a life so if that means changing the company • Crew Welfare: NEWSlink Print improved operational ef? ciency at sea. at sea. “Nobody wants to be cut off from or taking a pause in your growth strat- and NEWSlink TV delivered and up- “We coined the phrase ‘connectivity as a the internet, social media and email for egy, we’ll do that. “You need to re-invent dated daily via KVH’s IP-MobileCast service,’” said Kits van Heyningen. (see months at a time.” yourself.” content delivery service box on ‘AgilePlans’). Even though his business is supplying • Training Content: TRAINING- the technology tools, Kits van Heynin- AgilePlans by KVH in Brief link Videotel Basic Training Package of

Maritime & Data gen is the ? rst to admit that high-tech AgilePlans by KVH is, well, ‘agile.’ videos covering Standards of Training,

The data revolution in maritime is tools alone are not the silver bullet an- With the mantra ‘connectivity as a ser- Certi? cation, and Watchkeeping for Sea- slowly picking up steam as new gen- swer to true data ‘disruption’ in the mari- vice’ KVH aims to deliver highest quali- farers (STCW)-related material for one erations – ‘internet natives’ – enter the time sector. “If you simply increase your ty connectivity with no up-front fees and of three categories: tankers, dry cargo, or workforce, and as increasingly large and speed, but continue to do things as you purchases. Monthly plans start at $499 offshore global players exploit the ef? ciencies have always done before, it is not an ef- per month, and include: • Operations Data Delivery: CHAR- of broadband connectivity for competi- fective solution.” For example, a com- • Hardware: Choice of KVH’s Tlink and FORECASTlink multicast de- tive advantage. In addition, the drive for pany that incorporates a VSAT solution TracPhone V7-IP or TracPhone V11-IP livery of third-party chart and weather fewer crew and ultimately autonomous yet continues to transmit information via antenna system; the below decks Inte- data operations plays no small role in the evo- email might complain that ‘nothing hap- grated CommBox Modem (ICM); and

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