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US officials analyze effect of subsea power cables on marine life

By On July 7, 2011

WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)–U.S. regulators say more research is needed to determine how power cables in the ocean will affect sharks, dolphins, sea turtles and other marine wildlife. In a study [...]

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Aker awarded subsea cable installation contract in Barents Sea

By On February 3, 2011

ABB has awarded Aker Solutions’ wholly-owned subsidiary Aker Marine Contractors the contract to install its subsea power cable for the Goliat field in the Barents Sea. Aker Marine Contractors will [...]

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2010 Submarine Cable Map

By On July 18, 2010

Click on image for enlargement. 2010 Submarine Cable Map TeleGeography’s popular Submarine Cable Map has been fully updated for 2010. The latest edition of our map depicts 111 of the [...]

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A Map Of Undersea Cables From 1901 – A digg.com Find

By On February 17, 2009

This was brought to our attention by digg.com, the social networking site that allows its users to submit links and news stories and then list the stories by how many [...]

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Undersea Cable Repairs Are Underway in Mediterranean

By On December 22, 2008

A French team of engineers on board the cable repair ship Raymond Croze have begun to repair the underwater cables that were severed late last week in the Mediterranean.  The [...]

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Cross Atlantic Cables – Interactive Map

By On June 24, 2008

Tat Communications has a map of their subsea offerings. We’ve shown similar maps before but this one is interactive! Click on the image above to view in full screen.

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The 2008 Submarine Cable Map

By On May 24, 2008

.Telegeography.com is selling one of the most interesting world maps I’ve seen to date. The map depicts the over 120 subsea cables including detailed information on the major systems. You [...]

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Cable Laying Ships – Back In Business

By On April 11, 2008

Hit hard by the internet crash in 2000 cable laying ships (video) were hard pressed to find contracts laying subsea communication cable and took on less traditional projects like oceanographic [...]

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gCaptain Quiz – 4 Tiny Subsea Cables

By On April 9, 2008

We received email that our last quiz was just too easy so we challenge you to try this…. the above picture shows something carried aboard certain ships that’s critical to [...]

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How One Ship Crashed The Internet For 75 Million People

By On February 2, 2008

Submarine cables world map. Click here for full-size version (Graphic: Telegeography.com) Sea-Fever‘s Peter Mello submitted the following story to our Maritime News Discoverer; A flotilla of ships may have been [...]

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