
Global logistics and shipping provider Maersk has begun rolling out its new digital connectivity platform, OneWireless, across 450 vessels to enable smart container and cargo tracking solutions. The OneWireless platform is built to meet growing demand for real-time data transmission and deliver advanced IoT capabilities, offering customers advantages such as real-time cargo tracking, enhanced supply chain visibility, and improved operational efficiency. It is designed to support thousands of IoT devices, ensuring optimal performance for refrigerated ("reefer") containers or trailers used in temperature-sensitive cargo tracking and fleet IoT.
The company’s existing Captain Peter solution already enables customers to monitor the temperature of their reefer cargo, but the current 2G onboard network infrastructure limits how frequently data points are updated. With the OneWireless roll-out, the infrastructure is shifting to 4G technology, significantly increasing data granularity, transforming communication with onboard cargo, and enabling smarter cargo tracking and improved operational insights.
The OneWireless platform is a unified network designed to support multiple wireless technologies (NB-IoT, Cat-M, and LTE broadband). The solution enables seamless interoperability between private and public networks, ensuring customers’ cargo is reliably monitored whether at sea, in port, or on land.
The OneWireless platform includes components from technology partners Onomondo, Nokia, 42com Sat, Complea, and ZEDEDA. The ZEDEDA edge computing platform enables Maersk to orchestrate the OneWireless solution across its fleet, enhancing operational efficiency and helping the shipper address key challenges in the maritime industry, such as deploying any application on any edge device in remote locations, with intermittent connectivity, and a limited onboard IT workforce. Maersk can now deploy and manage future onboard applications over the air from a central controller.
The 450 installations cover all Maersk-owned vessels and over 100 time-chartered vessels in the fleet. The platform roll-out is underway and is expected to be completed by the first quarter of 2026. As the upgrade requires hardware replacements on board, the process must be carefully planned and carried out during scheduled port calls.
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