Subsea Cable

Global Marine Systems Limited, a world leader in subsea cable system design, installation and maintenance, announces that it has been awarded the renewal of the Atlantic Cable Maintenance Agreement (ACMA), alongside its Atlantic partner for maintenance services, Orange Marine. The new contract began on January 1, 2017, and runs for five years, through to December 2021.

International submarine cable consulting firm Pioneer Consulting has been selected to oversee the procurement support for the construction of a new submarine fiber optic cable system by Southern Cross Cables Limited (SCCL). The Southern Cross NEXT cable system will be constructed and operated by SCCL to connect Australia, New Zealand and the United States.

RedPort Global and SMSGlobal announced the beginning of a strategic collaboration to develop satellite communications solutions for the maritime and enterprise markets. The collaboration will bring together a wide range of business, operations and crew communication services from each company to provide a new satellite optimization platform for any vessel or remote workgroup.

Marlink has added the first out of four additional Stena Line ships to its multi-band communications network. Marlink now serves the entire fleet of Stena Line vessels, ensuring high levels of connectivity for passengers and crew, in addition to operational applications and commercial businesses on board.

Prysmian Group, a world leader in energy and telecom cable systems industry, announces that the interconnection between the Veja Mate offshore wind farm and the offshore grid connection system Borwin2 in the German North Sea has been successfully plugged in. The project was awarded to Prysmian by TenneT, the Dutch-German transmission system operator (TSO).

Huawei Marine Networks has awarded Nexans the contract to supply 6000 km of their second generation submarine Repeatered Optical Cables (ROC) for Phase II of the National Broadband Network (“NBNII”) project linking Cameroon and Brazil. This project will be Nexans’ first intercontinental project and will help to meet the growing data connectivity needs of the African and South American continents.

Trident Subsea Cable and PT. Ketrosden Triasmitra (Triasmitra) have entered into a strategic venture to own and operate a telecommunications cable asset connecting Singapore and Indonesia.

Castor Networks has acquired Watum Solutions, a prominent supplier of IT networks and satellite communication for the shipping and offshore industry, effective immediately.

Research flowing between the United States, Europe and Africa got a significant boost early this year when Indiana University and its partners flipped the switch on a new 100 Gigabits per second (Gbps) transatlantic link.

Associated British Ports (ABP) has contracted OceanWise to install Port-Log across all of ABP’s 21 UK ports.

exactEarth Ltd. announced the successful launch of four hosted payloads for its next generation constellation, exactView™ RT powered by Harris.

Work on a new South Atlantic fiber optic cable system connecting Cameroon and Brazil is underway following the signing of a construction and maintenance agreement (C&MA) in August.