Thrane & Thrane has shipped its 5000th SAILOR FleetBroadband terminal since deliveries started in December 2007. This is a major milestone for Thrane & Thrane — the terminal was delivered to U.K.-based NSSL, Ltd., a Master Distributor. Since going, live, FleetBroadband has become the de-facto industry standard global data solution for all ship and boat types, including merchant vessels, fishing vessels, workboats and Yachts. It offers full global coverage following the third Inmarsat I4 satellite coming online in February 2009 to service the Asia/Pacific region. SAILOR 500 FleetBroadband was possibly the first terminal to transmit live from this area, as it was aboard all eight Volvo Ocean Race boats as they left Qingdao, China, for a 12,300 nm leg across the Pacific to Rio de Janeiro.