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“LISW was all it promised and more in 2015. Our event

at Trinity House proved to be a great opportunity

to showcase the Isle of Man’s maritime offering in a

fantastic setting with a bit of unique entertainment

thrown it. In two years LISW has established itself as a

must-go ixture in the shipping calendar and is a great

week to network with some excellent events in great

locations. We will deinitely be planning for LISW17”

Dick Welsh,
Director, Isle of Man Ship Registry

Technology and Innovation)

Inmarsat partners and announced during London

with Rolls-Royce on International Shipping Week, will

autonomous ship projectbring industry partners together with

universities, research institutes, ship

owners and other stakeholders to

explore the economic, social, legal,
I
nmarsat, the leading provider regulatory and technological factors

of global mobile satellite which need to be addressed in order

communications services,to make autonomous ships a reality.

announced its participation in the Inmarsat’s role in the project is to

Advanced Autonomous Waterborne provide the satellite communications

Applications Initiative (AAWA) link and platform, which is essential

recently launched by Rolls-Royce.to remote control capability.

The project, funded by Tekes

(Finnish Funding Agency for

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