IT & Enterprise Architecture
Maritime and Remote Connectivity
Satellite communications architecture for vessels, offshore platforms and remote sites — designed by engineers who have built and deployed it across global fleets.
The problem at sea
Connectivity ashore is assumed. At sea it is engineered. Bandwidth is expensive and variable, coverage changes with position, weather degrades links, and the nearest engineer may be a week away. Meanwhile the operational demands have grown: real-time fleet management, remote diagnostics, regulatory reporting, IoT telemetry, and crew welfare that materially affects retention.
What we design and build
- VSAT architecture and hub design
- End-to-end satellite communications architecture across Ku-band, Ka-band and L-band services, including Inmarsat Global Xpress and Speedcast Sigma platforms.
- Terminal orchestration
- REST-based orchestration and management layers across mixed terminal estates — Intelian, GX, KVH and Iridium — so a fleet with heterogeneous hardware is managed as one system.
- Smartbox and edge integration
- The devices between the vessel's needs and the satellite network: managing data routing, optimising bandwidth, switching automatically between available networks based on coverage, weather and performance, and reporting system health in real time.
- Fleet management platforms
- Distributed device management giving operators real-time visibility of connectivity status, data consumption and system performance across the fleet.
- Governance and compliance
- Maritime communications governance, compliance documentation and operational procedure — the material that satisfies flag state, class and charterer requirements.
What it delivers
- Commercial shipping — reliable ship-to-shore communication supporting route optimisation, cargo logistics and safety operations
- Offshore and energy — continuous data services for remote monitoring of platforms and equipment
- Cruise and passenger — high-bandwidth service for passengers alongside operational traffic, without contention
- Fishing and smaller vessels — cost-appropriate connectivity scaled to the operation
- Crew welfare — internet, voice and video, a direct factor in recruitment and retention
Where it goes next
Maritime connectivity is becoming the substrate for IoT-instrumented vessels, predictive maintenance, operational analytics and eventually autonomous operation. Architecture designed only for today's bandwidth profile will be replaced. We design for extension.
Tell us what you're building.
Bring us a defined project, an audit finding, a system that has outgrown its architecture, or a regulation you are not sure how to satisfy. We will tell you plainly whether we are the right people for it.