Maritime Activity Reports, Inc. (Photo: Roll Group) Dutch performance monitoring company We4Sea and mobile satellite communications company Inmarsat have signed an agreement for We4Sea to join a growing group of more than 40 certified providers offering applications via Inmarsat’s digital solutions Fleet Data and Fleet Connect. The announcement coincides with news of a first We4Sea-Inmarsat collaboration to secure fleet-wide uptake for We4Sea’s web-based vessel performance monitoring service. Heavy-lift shipowner Roll Group trialed the cloud-based ship performance management tool without commitment after the dual installation of Fleet Xpress with the Fleet Data IoT platform embedded. The combination of the free of charge Fleet Data and application trialing without risk will provide a “tipping point” for maritime digitalization, according to Marco Cristoforo Camporeale, Head of Maritime Digital, Inmarsat. “This is the first example of a future-proof IoT set-up for ships that allow owners to investigate digitalization without commitment,” he said. “They can assess applications off the shelf and, if they work, agree on terms. In this case, the We4Sea trials on RollDock Star and RollDock Storm helped optimized speed and generator efficiency that led to a significant cut in fuel consumption.”