Global Marine Systems

Global Marine Systems are a company that repair submarine communications cables.

They are working on repairing the damage to Internet cables caused by the 2006 Hengchun earthquake.

Global Marine Systems (Global Marine)Since the late 1800’s ownership of the company can be traced back through early private telegraph companies, the British Government, British Telecom Plc and Cable & Wireless Plc, and in 2004 ownership was transferred to Bridgehouse Marine.

Global Marine is an independent company able to offer every element of the planning, installation, and maintenance of a submarine network system. Global Marine provides support in four distinct markets: telecoms; renewable energy; the oil and gas industry; and defense. The combination of unparalleled technical expertise of the workforce and access to vessels and ROVs has enabled Global Marine to oversee many of the industry's most complex projects for over 150 years.

Global Marine is also one of the only integrated system providers in the world with the technical experience and equipment independence to meet the ever changing needs of the submarine market place with effective and cost efficient solutions. The company has been instrumental in the development of several scientific projects aimed at placing undersea observatories around the globe for the use of the university communities of the world.

Global Marine employs just over 600 people worldwide, with two thirds of them based at sea. Its head office is in Chelmsford in the UK, with representation in Singapore and Florida and Boston in the USA, giving the ability to cover South East Asia and the Pacific Rim, North and South America, and Europe. In addition, strategic alliances and maintenance depots increase the company’s global presence to deliver fast, effective, local solutions.

Achievements

Among Global Marines firsts in submarine communications: First transatlantic fibre optic submarine cable, TAT-8, 1988 First private transatlantic fibre optic submarine cable, PTAT,1989 First transpacific fibre optic submarine cable, NPC, 1990 First to use an offshore vessel for cable installation First to plough unarmoured cable over 1,000km in one operation Brunei-Singapore, 1992 First to post-lay bury to 2,000 metres, Pacific Rim West, 1994 First to bury cable to 10 metres and 4 metres in rock,APCN 1995

North Pacific Cable system

The NPC (cable system) was the first laser regenerative (repeatered) system to completely cross the Pacific from the US mainland to Japan. The US portion of NPC was manufactured in Portland Oregon in 1990 at STC Submarine Systems, and later Alcatel Submarine Networks (the plant was shutdown in 2001). The system was laid by Cable & Wireless Marine on the CS Cable Venture in 1991.

North Pacific Cable system (Updated 3 November 2005 - Reach Global Networks) In-Service: May 1991. Out of Service: 2004 (Retired). Years of Service: 13 years.

Pacific City, Oregon U.S. -- (Miura, Japan): branch Oregon to Seward, Alaska. 9,531 km at 3 x 420 Mb/s, 1 x 420 Mb/sMaintenance Authority: PT Cable, Inc. (C&W IDC, C&W plc)

External links

* [http://www.globalmarinesystems.com globalmarinesystems.com]
* [http://www.iscpc.org/cabledb/Eastern_Pacific_Cable_db.htm ISCPC.org]