Entropia guarantees communications for SAIL Amsterdam

This year, too, SAIL Amsterdam was the setting of the international Tall Ships event, the largest general public event in the Netherlands. Since 1975, SAIL has also grown to be the largest nautical event in Europe, for which access is free-of-charge. Every 5 years, more than 600 ships sail through the North Sea Canal and moor in and around the IJhaven harbour. SAIL is being organized for the ninth time and will take place from the 19th up to and including the 23rd of August 2015.

For this edition, the organization is counting on the Entropia network, in order to be able to guarantee communications in the area of IJmuiden in Amsterdam. The Red Cross and the organizers of SAIL use the Entropia network, especially for letting the people in the field communicate optimally with one another and with the central communications room. In this way the employees have a secure feeling in the execution of their work and, more importantly, are in direct contact with the communications room in case of calamities.

Local coordination and the delivery of the equipment was carried out by R&S Rental, a business partner of Entropia.

"The demands, which are made with regard to safety in this type of event, are becoming increasingly higher. And rightly so. For this edition of SAIL, a total of 2 million visitors is expected. The success of such events stands and falls with good and reliable communications," says Harrie Schoonewille, Commercial Director of Entropia Digital BV.

"Our Tetra network offers the specific advantage that a sufficient capacity can always be guaranteed. Also in crisis situations! But also the quick establishment of a connection (within 300 ms), the seamless handover between communication masts and the possibility of being able to reach multiple persons in a group, is important for this type of event."