GeoEye (Nasdaq: GEOY) picked up a deal from the Republic of the Maldives to create a vessel monitoring system for fisheries management and safety.
The firm “will build the secure infrastructure for a countrywide vessel monitoring system and supply 10 Osprey Personal Tracker terminals for a trial deployment.”
“Our cost-effective tracking and messaging solution is perfect for managing the large artisanal fishing fleets of the developing world, ” said Gregory Hammann, senior director, Marine Services Operations and Engineering at GeoEye. “GeoEye welcomes the opportunity to build the vessel monitoring system for the Maldives.”