"To promote seafarer well-being Inmarsat has formalised a 50% discount for crew voice calling services for three months until the end of June. It is also ensuring that calls made to the SeafarerHelp service provided by welfare organisation ISWAN (International Seafarers’ Welfare Assistance Network) are available free of charge over the same period. The discount is available day and night to customers using FleetBroadband voice services. Steps are also being taken to accelerate the launch of ChatCard services for Fleet Xpress, with an introductory discount. Inmarsat’s Fleet Xpress retail users will also be able to benefit immediately from the launch of a free of charge COVID-19 video call service with a trained health professional, especially developed in conjunction with crew health management solutions provider Vikand and software platform provider FrontM to help shipping cope with the impact of the crisis. This is a pro bono service over dedicated bandwidth that allows the Master or Chief Officer to connect by video call to a trained health professional from Vikand. This is not a clinical care or emergency service, but it is a vital information resource to help crew at a difficult time for everyone."

https://www.inmarsat.com/covid-19/

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