Auerbach selects Inmarsat Maritime’s NexusWave to power high-speed digital operations across its next-generation fleet

Inmarsat Maritime to provide NexusWave bonded connectivity for Auerbach’s new heavy lift vessel fleet.

(IN BRIEF) Inmarsat Maritime will install its NexusWave bonded connectivity system across Auerbach’s new fleet of eco-efficient heavy lift vessels, providing fully managed, high-speed, unlimited satellite connectivity to support operational performance, regulatory compliance, and digital shipboard systems. The deployment aligns with Auerbach’s fleet renewal programme, which is focused on fuel efficiency, advanced cargo handling, and modern digital capabilities, as the German shipping company responds to growing demand and stricter environmental standards. Both companies highlighted that seamless, reliable connectivity is becoming a key competitive advantage in the modern maritime industry, particularly for data-intensive project cargo operations.

(PRESS RELEASE) HAMBURG, 3-Feb-2026 — /EuropaWire/ — Inmarsat Maritime, part of Viasat Communication Services, will equip Auerbach’s next-generation heavy lift vessels with its NexusWave bonded connectivity solution, ensuring high-performance, fully managed satellite communications across the German shipping company’s new fleet. The deployment is designed to support Auerbach’s operational, regulatory, and digital requirements as it modernises its fleet to meet rising market demand and stricter environmental standards.

Hamburg-based Auerbach has launched a comprehensive fleet renewal programme in response to growing global demand for sophisticated project cargo transport. Its new series of ‘ECO’ multipurpose vessels, currently under construction at Taizhou Sanfu Shipyard in China, have been engineered to deliver superior cargo handling capabilities alongside enhanced fuel efficiency. By integrating Inmarsat’s NexusWave connectivity, Auerbach aims to ensure that critical onboard systems, data flows, and digital operations remain continuously supported, even in the most remote maritime environments.

NexusWave combines high-speed performance, global coverage, and unlimited data within a fully managed bonded connectivity framework. This approach is intended to deliver a user experience comparable to terrestrial broadband, enabling seamless data transmission for operational technologies, compliance reporting, crew welfare services, and digital applications. For modern ship operators like Auerbach, such robust connectivity is increasingly essential as regulatory obligations and digital operational demands continue to expand.

Jan Boldt, Technical Director at Auerbach, said that the company’s fleet renewal strategy reflects its ambition to lead the modernisation of the project cargo sector through the ownership and operation of environmentally advanced multipurpose vessels. He emphasised that NexusWave will play a key role in supporting efficient vessel operations, regulatory compliance, and the digital needs of both customers and crew through reliable, high-speed connectivity from a single managed provider.

Jan-Henning Stehr, Sales Manager for Europe at Inmarsat Maritime, noted that forward-thinking ship owners increasingly recognise the competitive advantages offered by fully managed bonded connectivity. He stated that Auerbach’s new vessels are designed to serve a growing market for high-quality project cargo transport, and that NexusWave will provide the seamless, next-generation communications infrastructure needed to support that vision.

Inmarsat Maritime, now part of Viasat following the May 2023 acquisition, continues to drive digital transformation across the maritime sector. With more than four decades of experience, the company delivers satellite-based solutions that enhance navigation safety, operational efficiency, regulatory compliance, and crew welfare for ship owners and operators worldwide.

Viasat, headquartered across 24 countries, is building a global communications network aimed at providing fast, secure, and reliable connectivity across land, air, and sea while advancing sustainable operations in space. Inmarsat Maritime operates from Viasat’s international headquarters in London, providing maritime-focused connectivity solutions through its global platform.

About Inmarsat Maritime

Inmarsat is a Viasat company and continues to power the digitalisation of the maritime industry. With over 40 years of experience, Inmarsat Maritime offers reliable and innovative solutions that enable ship owners and operators to stay connected, navigate safely, enhance operational efficiency, and ensure crew welfare.

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Inmarsat Maritime contacts

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Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to the safe harbors created under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.  Forward-looking statements include, among others, statements that refer to plans to incorporate the ViaSat-3 Ka-band network and VS60 maritime terminal into the NexusWave solution, and the resulting improvements to performance, speeds, flexibility, network efficiency and data security. Readers are cautioned that actual results could differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements.  Factors that could cause actual results to differ include: our ability to access third-party capacity and services; risks associated with the construction, launch and operation of satellites, including the effect of any anomaly, operational failure or degradation in satellite performance; our ability to realize the anticipated benefits of the ViaSat-3 class satellites and any future satellite we may construct or acquire; our ability to successfully implement our business plan for our broadband services on our anticipated timeline or at all; capacity constraints in our business in the lead-up to the launch of services on our satellites; changes in relationships with, or the financial condition of, key customers or suppliers; our reliance on a limited number of third parties to manufacture and supply our products and services; our ability to successfully develop, introduce and sell new technologies, products and services; and other factors affecting the maritime sector.  In addition, please refer to the risk factors contained in Viasat’s SEC filings available at www.sec.gov, including its most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date on which they are made. We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements for any reason.

SOURCE: Viasat, Inc.