18 Jan 2023

NSSLGlobal, the global independent SATCOM, and IT solutions provider has announced a new 3-year contract with MOL LNG Transport (Europe) Ltd, which includes an enhanced airtime package, and crew entertainment streaming service alongside the rollout of its new Cyber and IT managed services.

Future-proof fleet technology

This far-reaching contract will also see NSSLGlobal partner with MOL to trial Low Earth Orbit (LEO) services to further enhance and future-proof the fleet’s technology and capabilities.  

The contract will see NSSLGlobal providing increased bandwidth speeds to meet MOL’s growing demands for the digitalisation of its operations as well as to meet crew welfare requirements using its latest DVBS2X SatLink technology.

SMART@SEA solution

The service uses NSSLGlobal’s SatLink hub technology to deliver a multi-broadcast channel

The onboard SMART@SEA solution provided by NSSLGlobal enables MOL to select additional Value-Added Services. To enable crew retention, this includes a managed Wi-Fi hotspot capability for crew alongside NSSLGlobal’s latest info/entertainment service, CrewVision, which provides on-demand access to a wide variety of movies, TV dramas, sports, documentaries, and daily world news in various languages.

The service uses NSSLGlobal’s SatLink hub technology to deliver a multi-broadcast channel over its global VSAT network thereby providing a separate entertainment channel to the vessels’ internet.

Smart Gold Plan

For operations, MOL has selected NSSLGlobal’s Smart Gold Plan, which will provide Vessel Security Services, IT Service Management, and a 24/7 SOC (Security Operations Centre), all wrapped up in a Cyber Security SMART Support package.

The new packages of SMART Cyber and IT managed services ensure that NSSLGlobal’s customers can reduce their IT costs, gain access to 24/7 IT resources to supplement their in-house IT departments, and, most importantly, remain IMO cyber risk compliant and cyber protected at sea.

Trialling and delivering services

We are excited to continue and expand upon our long and close partnership with MOL,” says Sally-Anne Ray, Group CEO, NSSLGlobal.

Their 130-year history, commitment to excellence, and ‘spirit of challenge’ is akin to NSSLGlobal’s philosophy with both companies committed to trialling and delivering services at the cutting edge of technology to evolve and grow our companies.”

Deliver extensive and quality support

NSSLGlobal's proposal proved to be the best for meeting our considerable bandwidth, and security demand"

We have been working with NSSLGlobal for many years and during that time they have always demonstrated their customer focus with their ability to deliver extensive and quality support.

Their proposal proved to be the best for meeting our considerable bandwidth, security, and welfare demand now and in the future. We look forward to working with NSSLGlobal in rolling out these upgrades and new services,” says Pete Adsett, Chief Information Technology Officer, MOL LNG Transport (Europe) Ltd.

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MOL is a leading multimodal transport group with one of the largest merchant fleets in the world, supported by its cultivated expertise and technology accumulated across its over 130-year history.