WMS is a joint venture between AT&T and Global Eagle Entertainment that specialises in maritime communications including IoT connectivity.

The companies said that what they will deliver for Seaboard Marine is unique. “With this new partnership, Seaboard Marine becomes the world’s first container ocean line to implement a truly portable, fully 24/7 monitored, 4G LTE-based private cellular and integrated satellite communication network for containers on vessels,” they said in a statement.

“The innovation and expertise from WMS and Globe Tracker results in a novel vessel network that is seamless, interoperable and provides end-to-end enhanced visibility and real-time connectivity, both in the cloud and on the vessel at sea. Seaboard Marine also becomes the world’s first ocean line to implement full IoT visibility across its fleet of intermodal assets, including reefers, gensets, chassis, and vessels – all on a single integrated easy-touse platform.”

Piero Buitano, vice president at Seaboard Marine, said: “By IoT-equipping our controlled atmosphere reefer fleet and other critical assets, we are wellpositioned to provide more responsive cold chain services for our trade lanes, which facilitates complex processes such as USDA cold treatment.

Frederick Urbina, refrigerated services manager at Seaboard Marine, added: “The vessel system also provides real-time alerts to crew technicians, so problems can be quickly detected and corrected, if necessary, thereby increasing temperature compliance.”

Pramod Arora, president and CEO of WMS, commented: “Bringing WMS and Globe Tracker together creates a worldclass integrated solution for Seaboard Marine. As the largest mobile network provider at sea, we are extremely happy to be working with Seaboard Marine on this project. They have been a valuable partner in pushing us to innovate first-to-market solutions that we are now deploying within their fleet. We look forward to continuing to partner with Seaboard Marine for future innovations.” 

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This complete item is approximately 400 words in length, and appeared in the November 2019 issue of WorldCargo News, on page 14. To access this issue download the PDF here