SpeedCast Gets Jan De Nul SatCom Contract

SpeedCast International Limited (SpeedCast) says it has been awarded a multi-year contract from Jan De Nul Group, a leading dredging, marine construction, and specialized services  company in the offshore oil & gas, and renewable energy industries. The new satellite service provides high-performance broadband connectivity for mission critical data and voice applications on vessels operating throughout the world.

With this latest contract, SpeedCast will increase the number of vessels served to a total of 44 of Jan De Nul Group’s vessels. 

SpeedCast designed the communications solution from the ground-up to meet the unique requirements of Jan De Nul Group, which include operational and ship management applications, as well as crew communications.

“Communications are critical to the operational efficiency of our vessels,” said Ruben De Lille, Manager Vessel Automation at Jan De Nul Group.  “SpeedCast was able to design and deliver a communications solution that met our high standards, in terms of quality and resiliency of the service.  We are pleased to expand our work with SpeedCast to cover even more vessels in our fleet.”

“We are excited to be working with an industry leader such as Jan De Nul Group,” said Pierre-Jean Beylier, CEO of SpeedCast.  “The offshore oil & gas and dredging services that Jan De Nul Group provides are critical to many of the future mega-projects in the works today.

SpeedCast is a leading global network and satellite communications service provider offering high-quality managed networks services in over 60 countries; and a global maritime network serving customers worldwide. Headquartered in Hong Kong, with 14 international sales & support offices and 24 teleport operations,