Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN) and Facebook have launched aluminium conductor cable for optical fiber submarine systems. After, according to ASN, an extensive testing and qualification program, the conductor has demonstrated its suitability for ultra-long haul deep sea transmission systems. Trials
Network communications provider Windstream Wholesale is connecting its core network to the MAREA and BRUSA cable landing station in Virginia Beach through Telxius, a Telefónica Group company. The new access point should provide Windstream Wholesale customers with high-speed network connections into
XSite Modular has been awarded a contract by PNG DataCo to design and build a modular cable landing station (MCLS) in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. To be completed in Q3 2019, the landing station will be part of the Coral Sea Cable System (CSCS), a 4,700 km subsea network connecting Sydney, Austra
Subsea Technology & Rentals (STR) has recently appointed Ian Harvey as senior sales engineer. The company which specialises in the design, production and rental of advanced subsea technology, has made this appointment following a sustained period of regional and international growth as a result of o
Scottish engineering consultancy QED Naval said that its Subhub tidal power platform was lifted into the water earlier this month. The lift was managed and supported by Doyle Shipping Group who conducted all stevedoring operations and provided boat support. They contracted Kavanagh Cranes to perform
Telco infrastructure company Telxius announced that Amazon Web Services (AWS) has signed an IRU agreement for the use of a fibre pair on MAREA, the transatlantic submarine cable partially owned by Telxius. MAREA subsea cable system connects Virginia Beach, United States of America, and Sopelana, Spa
Oceaneering has recently secured three subsea umbilical contracts valued in excess of $80 million in total.
Oceaneering has recently secured three subsea umbilical contracts valued in excess of $80 million in total. The contracts, with undisclosed international operators, are to supply developments in the Mediterranean Sea, the North Sea and the South China Sea. Two contracts are for electro-hydraulic, st
Over the last few years, ECTMarine has delivered several cutter heads to different contractors with different types cutter suction dredgers. Recently, one of the cutters supplied to a Dutch dredge contractor has been inspected after about 100.000 m3 of dredging sand, silt and clay, to see how it hel
Telstra, together with Ericsson and Ciena, has announced a new restoration service on its busiest subsea cable routes in Asia, to help keep customers continuously connected. The new continuous connection service combines the vast scale and diversity of Telstra’s subsea cable network, with flexible p
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (January 14 – 20, 2019). Coast Guard Recovers Body of Volvox Asia Crew After two day of intensive search operation, the Indian Coast Guard earlier this week recovered the body of a crew member of the trailing suctio
Shell said it has decided to go with subsea compression as a concept for the Ormen Lange Phase 3 to increase the recovery rate from the reservoir. The partnership will now choose between two remaining options for subsea compression; one for wet gas developed by OneSubsea and built on technology inst
Shell has chosen subsea compression as a concept for the third phase of the Ormen Lange field development, located 140 kilometers north-west of Kristiansund, in the Norwegian Sea. Rich Denny, CEO of A / S Norske Shell said on Friday that Shell had evaluated a number of alternative concepts before op
Østensjø Rederi has chosen a Saab Seaeye Cougar XT underwater robotic vehicle as a deployable resource aboard their multi-purpose support vessel ‘Edda Fonn’. The company is contracted to deliver the Edda Fonn to the New Zealand Ministry of Defence in 2019 with an integrated ROV and dive system among
