Provides comprehensive, near real-time view of vessel location to
improve management and regulation of commercial fishing activity
worldwide
ROCHELLE PARK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep. 19, 2016--
ORBCOMM Inc. (Nasdaq: ORBC), a global provider of Machine-to-Machine
(M2M) and Internet of Things (IoT) solutions, today announced that it
has been selected by Global
Fishing Watch to provide extensive global satellite Automatic
Identification System (AIS) data from commercial fishing vessels for
its new online technology platform. Global Fishing Watch is a
collaboration by Oceana, Google and SkyTruth to end Illegal, Unreported
and Unregulated (IUU) fishing by identifying fishing vessels and
analyzing fishing activity to ensure environmental regulations are
upheld. The platform was launched by actor and ocean advocate, Leonardo
DiCaprio, at the Our Ocean Conference in Washington, D.C. on September
15, 2016, which was hosted by Secretary of State John Kerry.
ORBCOMM provides Global Fishing Watch with more than 20 million AIS data
points every day that show the movement of the world’s largest
commercial vessels over time. By leveraging ORBCOMM’s AIS
service, Global Fishing Watch can classify these time-stamped
positional vessel data points as either “fishing” or “non-fishing”
activities, enabling anyone in the world to have free access to a near
real-time and/or historical global view of fishing activity. This robust
platform will significantly increase the commercial fishing industry’s
accountability by allowing fisheries to identify unauthorized activity,
while enhancing environmental regulation compliance and facilitating
seafood supply chain transparency. It will also provide a tool to
governments, non-government organizations (NGOs) and researchers for the
enforcement of IUU regulations and Marine
Protected Areas (MPAs).
“We are pleased to be an integral part of this new era in ocean resource
conservation by powering Global Fishing Watch’s new online platform with
our industry-leading AIS service,” said Marc Eisenberg, ORBCOMM’s Chief
Executive Officer. “By providing a comprehensive view of commercial
vessel activity worldwide, we can help Global Fishing Watch better
manage fishing quotas and harvesting and help preserve depleting ocean
resources around the world, which are threatened by global overfishing,
illegal fishing and habitat destruction.”
To learn more about ORBCOMM’s AIS service, visit http://www.orbcomm.com/en/networks/satellite-ais.
For more information on Global Fishing Watch, visit www.globalfishingwatch.org.
About ORBCOMM Inc.
ORBCOMM Inc. (Nasdaq: ORBC) is a leading global provider of Machine-to-Machine
(M2M) communication solutions and the only commercial satellite
network dedicated to M2M. ORBCOMM’s unique combination of global
satellite, cellular and dual-mode network connectivity, hardware, web
reporting applications and software is the M2M industry’s most complete
service offering. Our solutions are designed to remotely track, monitor,
and control fixed and mobile assets in core vertical markets including
transportation & distribution, heavy equipment, industrial fixed assets,
oil & gas, maritime, mining and government. In addition, ORBCOMM
provides Automatic Identification System (AIS) data services for vessel
tracking to improve maritime safety to government and commercial
customers worldwide.
With nearly 20 years of innovation and expertise in M2M, ORBCOMM has
more than 1.6 million subscribers with a diverse customer base including
premier OEMs such as Caterpillar Inc., Doosan Infracore America, Hitachi
Construction Machinery Co., Ltd., John Deere, Komatsu Ltd., and Volvo
Construction Equipment, as well as end-to-end solutions customers such
as C&S Wholesale, Canadian National Railways, CR England, Hub Group,
KLLM Transport Services, Marten Transport, Swift Transportation, Target,
Tropicana, Tyson Foods, Walmart and Werner Enterprises. For more
information, visit www.orbcomm.com.
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forward-looking statements. In addition, specific consideration should
be given to various factors described in Part I, Item 1A. “Risk Factors”
and Part II, Item 7. “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations,” and elsewhere in our Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015, and other documents,
on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company
undertakes no obligation to publicly revise any forward-looking
statements or cautionary factors, except as required by law.
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