Marlink Upgrades Maridive OSVs to VSAT Broadband
Egypt headquartered Maridive Group, an international offshore marine and oil support services provider, has chosen to migrate 24 of its Offshore Support Vessels to Marlink’s VSAT (Very Small Aperture Terminal) WaveCall Plus services in addition to one new build vessel. Maridive Group has a globally distributed fleet with an operational footprint covering North & West Africa, the Mediterranean, the Caspian Sea and Latin American countries. The company selected Marlink to upgrade its vessels to VSAT in 2012, and this latest contract adds a further five vessels operating in Venezuela and Brazil, while enhancing Maridive’s communication capabilities for business, crew and safety by upgrading to WaveCall Plus.
C-Mar Enters Major FMEA Contract with Maridive
C-MAR Group, an offshore and marine industry services company, announced that it has won a contract to carry out Failure Mode Effect Analysis (FMEA) surveys and trials on Maridive Group vessels for the next five years. Expected to be worth in excess of $500,000, the agreement covers 16 Maridive Dynamic Positioned (DP) vessels and will be serviced from C-MAR’s Singapore, Dubai and Rio de Janeiro regional headquarters. All Class Two and Class Three DP vessels are required under classification rules to undergo annual DP FMEA testing. Under the terms of the contract C-MAR will provide a continuous review of the Maridive DP fleet, and where possible will synchronize them with vessels’ five yearly Classification Society special surveys.
