Subsea Cable

Inmarsat’s Fleet Xpress has secured commitments covering in excess of 10,000 ships within 12 months of launch, in an extraordinary level of service uptake surpassing expectations. The milestone has been reached as a result of contracts with individual ship owners, commitments from strategic partners, and transitioning agreements with existing Inmarsat customers.

NEC Corporation, together with Belau Submarine Cable Corporation (BSCC; Republic of Palau) and the Government of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), has commenced construction of three submarine cable links that will connect the islands of Palau, Yap and Chuuk to the rest of the world.

Orange Marine becomes first submarine cable company member of the World Ocean Council (WOC), the global, multi-industry leadership alliance on ocean sustainable development, science and stewardship.

RTI Connectivity Pte. Ltd. (RTI-C) and NEC Corporation announced that construction of the Hong Kong - Guam Cable system (HK-G) has officially commenced. The 3,900 kilometer undersea cable, featuring 100 Gigabit per second (Gbps) optical transmission capabilities, will deliver design capacity of more than 48 Terabits per second (Tbps), and is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2019.

SeaRoc Group has launched an innovative, industry-first monitoring and voice and data communication solution that links land-based operations to distant offshore petroleum platforms and wind farms via satellite, fiber and other data services.

The first of North America’s two longest submarine electricity cables has arrived in Atlantic Canada onboard the cable laying vessel C.S. Skagerrak. Integral to Emera’s Maritime Link Project, these cables each measure 170 km and weigh 5,500 tonnes – combined, the two cables weigh more than the Eiffel Tower.

Speedcast International Limited announced it has secured a long-term contract with Diamond Offshore, leveraging Speedcast’s managed communications services across 10 rigs and one shore-based facility.

CWind, a leading provider of services to the offshore renewables industry and part of the Global Marine Group, announced that the company’s specialist cable installation vessel, the C.S. Sovereign, has successfully completed a vital power cable repair, reconnecting the Isles of Scilly to the mainland electricity.

Castor Marine has been awarded a multi-year contract with Wagenborg Shipping. The contract covers the delivery of 40+ new VSAT systems with satellite Internet based on Castor’s global VSAT network, Inmarsat Fleetbroadband as back-up for the VSAT service and IT support for the vessel LAN infrastructure. Castor Marine will provide an end-to-end solution including installation and onboard support worldwide.

In a significant regulatory milestone, the Army Corps of Engineers (ACE) has announced its approval of the last remaining major permit needed to begin deployment of Docomo Pacific, Inc.’s ATISA submarine fiber-optic cable system.

Speedcast International Limited has signed a reseller agreement with Tampnet for 4G/LTE services in the Gulf of Mexico. The agreement marks Speedcast as the first service provider to partner with Tampnet for its high capacity offshore network in the region.

Globecomm has deployed Ciena's converged packet-optical and packet networking solutions to meet growing content distribution requirements for a variety of critical applications, including video for breaking news stories, disaster recovery for armed forces and essential connectivity to maritime ships crossing oceans around the world.