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"In the 1990s, Inmarsat confirmed itself at the forefront of guaranteeing maritime safety, with the introduction of services such as Inmarsat C," comments Drew Brandy, senior vice president for maritime market strategy at mobile satellite services provider Inmarsat. "Now, with the launch of Fleet Xpress, we hope to lay the foundations for a new era of 'smart shipping.'" As the marine equivalent of Inmarsat's Global Xpress broadband network, Fleet Xpress, which went live on 31 March this year, is set to offer Inmarsat's customers a combination of increased data - now becoming a requirement for many, especially those running condition-based maintenance (CBM) programmes, says Brandy - as well as an extra layer of communications redundancy whilst at sea.