Subsea Cable

NEC Corporation announces that the Patara-2 submarine cable system connecting multiple islands across Indonesia is complete and operational. This cable is owned by Telkom Indonesia, the biggest digital telco company in Indonesia, which is strongly committed to accelerating the country’s digitalization.

Rotech Subsea, a leading provider of subsea jet trenching and excavation tools to the energy industry, has been active in Asia again, delivering cable de-burial, post-lay and remedial trenching operations for a long-term client on a wind farm offshore Taiwan. The contract saw Rotech mobilize its TRS1 LD Jet Trencher to execute the scope of works.

NKT has been awarded a combination of five on- and offshore power cable projects embedded in a long-term framework agreement by the German TSO 50Hertz. With a combined value of approx. EUR 3.5bn, the order is a new company record for NKT.

NEC Corporation has successfully completed a long-distance field trial of an optical submarine cable system using a new transponder that, according to NEC research, has the world's highest level of transmission performance of 800 gigabits per second (Gbps).

The Bermuda Business Development Agency (BDA) welcomes the announcement by Google that Bermuda will be the home of a new transatlantic cable, positioning Bermuda as the digital hub of the Atlantic.

As one of the first companies in the power cable industry, NKT has certified its cable-laying vessel NKT Victoria to be able to operate on HVO. The certification allows NKT to reduce the carbon footprint from the vessels fuel consumption with more than 98%* as a significant contribution to the company’s decarbonization journey.

SubCom has announced the expansion of manufacturing capacity and marine installation capabilities to better provide the building blocks to meet customer demands.

Global Underwater Hub (GUH) is leading the charge to tackle failures in underwater cables which could derail global offshore wind ambitions.

SubCom will manufacture and install a regional subsea cable, the Al Khaleej Cable, which will be 100 percent owned and operated by Batelco, part of the Beyon Group, and will significantly enhance the data exchange capabilities of the Kingdom of Bahrain.

Fifteen global telecommunication companies recently converged at a market consultation conference in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, expressing strong interest in the commercial development and exploitation of a new subsea data cable connecting London and Rotterdam, known as the 'Erasmus' cable.

Following on from completing the lowering of a UK section of a key UK-Europe fiber optic link, Subsea jet trenching and excavation leader, Rotech Subsea, has now delivered cable trenching operations on the same cable offshore Belgium. Rotech’s sector leading controlled flow excavation (CFE) shallow water jet trencher - the TRS1 LD - was mobilized to complete the trenching works on the 10km section of cable.

New guidance from the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has been published to support the increase in diving work associated with subsea power cables.