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GTMaritime Signs Agreement with Marinesat

Maritime Activity Reports, Inc.

November 27, 2018

Robert Kenworthy, CEO GTMaritime with Josh Suo, Vice GM of Marinesat (Photo: GTMaritime)

Robert Kenworthy, CEO GTMaritime with Josh Suo, Vice GM of Marinesat (Photo: GTMaritime)

GTMaritime has signed Marinesat as a value-added reseller to deliver its maritime-optimized communication solutions to vessels in China and other markets. The agreement with Marinesat is GTMaritime’s first partnership within the Chinese market.

GTMaritime provides a range of technology solutions to the maritime industry that serve to enable effective communications over satellite, including maritime-optimized products for email, anti-virus protection and data transfer.

In addition to providing IT solutions, GTMaritime also provides services that help ensure business operability 365 days a year, as well as keeping crew in touch with friends and family whilst at sea. This is backed up by a market-leading infrastructure and unrivaled 24-hour customer support, every day of the year.

Marinesat has already begun to provide GTMaritime’s products as part of its offering with the first vessels coming on board in Japan from October 2018. The roll-out will continue into the Chinese market, across Asia and further afield.

Marinesat is the largest broadband satellite communication provider in China and specializes in broadband access and value-added service; it currently provides VSAT services to 1,600 vessels in China alone.