OCENS

OCENS (Ocean & Coastal Environmental Sensing, Inc.) is a Port Orchard, Washington, USA provider of satellite communications for vessels and remote users. It supplies satellite hardware and Iridium and Inmarsat airtime, and develops its own email, messaging, tracking and marine weather software designed for low-bandwidth satellite links, with support to keep users connected anywhere.

What they offer

• Messaging and email software: OneMessage and OneMessage Teams group messaging and personnel tracking, the OneMail app and OCENSMail compressed email for satellite connections.
• Weather and ocean data: WeatherNet GRIB and classic weather, ocean and fishing data; GRIB Explorer with FishMap; SpotCast/WaveCast forecasts by SMS to satellite phones.
• Tracking and calling: SnapTrack position tracking and VOCO local-number calling for satellite phones.
• Satellite equipment: the OCENS Sidekick satellite Wi-Fi router, plus resold hardware from Iridium (GO!, GO! exec, 9555, 9575), Lars Thrane (LT-3100, LT-4100, LT-4200), Cobham SAILOR Fleet One, Thales VesseLINK and MissionLINK, Intellian OneWeb flat panels, ZOLEO, Garmin, ACR, Icom and Beam.
• Airtime and rentals: Iridium and Inmarsat monthly and prepaid plans and cards, and weekly or monthly rentals of satellite phones, hotspots and BGAN terminals.

Markets served

Leisure marine and cruising, commercial fishing, deep-sea vessels and workboats, search and rescue teams, and land-based remote users.

Locations

• Headquarters: Port Orchard, Washington, USA