This time last year our maritime connectivity team wrote about COP, Climate Change and the role of IoT Connectivity as the world’s leaders gathered at COP26. This week COP27 is in the news again with more urgency this time as our world continues to warm.
The impact of international shipping on the environment is something our maritime connectivity team is helping to address. The industry is a large and growing source of greenhouse gas emissions emitting around 940 million tonnes of CO2 annually and responsible for about 2.5% of global greenhouse gas emissions.
According to this article “If the shipping industry were a country, it would be ranked between Germany and Japan as the sixth-largest contributor to global CO2 emissions”.
Consequently, there are all kinds of initiatives in the industry to reduce emissions with The International Maritime Organisation aiming to reduce CO2 emissions from international shipping by at least 40% by 2030.
Telecom26 - The Role of Maritime Connectivity and Maritime Cellular Communications in Reducing Emissions
The Vessel Performance Optimisation website recently ran an interesting piece about how two ship operators are using machine learning and AI data gathering and analytics tools to measure – and reduce - the amount of CO2 emitted by their 19 tankers.
To summarise, if the data shows that emissions have risen above the regulated level then immediate on-board adjustments can be made such as reducing speed and hull cleaning.
And, of course, always-on connectivity is needed on these tankers to ensure that data is collected and analysed in real-time. And that’s where Telecom26 fits in…
Telecom26, maritime connectivity, nearshore connectivity and private networks at sea
As a global maritime connectivity operator, Telecom26 has a complete range of maritime connectivity solutions for vessels of all sizes - and the crews, passengers, devices and containers on-board.
We offer bespoke maritime connectivity and marine communications services including:
- A full Cellular At Sea service for vessels of all sizes
- A Nearshore Connectivity Service - Our blog “Nearshore Connectivity - perfect for vessels up to 30km off the coast” discusses how most ships and vessels spend the majority (up to 60%) of their time in port or in coastal waters. They are therefore within range of land-based cellular networks which can provide coverage to vessels as far out as 30km. So, instead of relying on costly satellite for data or connectivity, vessels – and the people on-board - can use these cellular networks.
- Networks for personal communications, onboard
- A Maritime IoT Service including private networks on-board vessels, oil rigs and platforms – and supply chain tracking.
Our maritime connectivity experts have also discussed Shipping, Climate Change and Using IoT and Connectivity To Improve Efficiencies and we’ve looked before at the book “Ninety Percent of Everything - Inside Shipping, the Invisible Industry That Puts Clothes on Your Back, Gas in Your Car, and Food on Your Plate”.
Catching up with our maritime connectivity team
We will shortly be announcing our new partnership with Sateliot, the first company to build a satellite network dedicated to providing 5G connectivity to IoT devices. This news will be of great interest to our maritime connectivity customers.
In addition, the expansion of Telecom26’s 5G capabilities will help improve the connectivity of the people and devices on-board vessels of all sizes.
If you’d like to arrange to a call to discuss how our maritime connectivity and maritime cellular communications services can connect the people and devices on-board your vessels as they travel around the world then please get in touch.
