News & Events
At Global Marine we believe it is very important to keep all of our stakeholders informed about how our business is performing. We regularly contribute to industry publications and magazines, participate in global conferences and exhibitions, deliver thought-leading papers and presentations, and take the time to share and swap news with all our employees around the world.
Media Coverage
| Fiber-Optic Transatlantic Cable Could Save Milliseconds, Millions by Speeding Data to Stock Traders - Article features Nigel Bayliff, CEO of Huawei Marine Networks (a Global Marine joint venture). Link to Coverage >> |
Redundancy lesson for Japan's communications infrastructure - Engineering lessons learned during previous disasters helped lessen impact of March's earthquake and tsunami. Link to Coverage >> |
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| Wind on the Waves - Will 2011 be the “Sputnik moment” for the North American offshore wind industry? Global Marine Energy weighs in on the issue. Link to Coverage >> |
Offshore wind energy: a many faceted affair - Global Marine's Ian McInnes discusses the issues and logistical and technical challenges ahead. Link to Coverage >> |
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| Offshore cable O&M strategy critical to offshore wind success - Wind Energy Update speaks to Global Marine's Joel Whitman about avoiding cable cost overruns and collaborating on cable O&M strategy from the outset. Link to Coverage >> |
Huawei Marine bags BDM cable system contract - Huawei Marine will provide submarine telecommunication technologies to Malaysia and Indonesia for bandwidth improvement in these two countries. Link to Coverage >> |
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| CyberSecurity: The New Battleground - BBC Newsnight's Science Editor, Susan Watts, looks at the new cyber battleground, and includes Global Marine's CS Sovereign and Portland Depot (5:50 into 10 min video). Link to Coverage >> |
Hazards and job opportunities in offshore wind construction - Article features Global Marine Energy's Joel Whitman talking about lessons learned in Europe to create jobs and manage the new hazards. Link to Coverage >> |
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| Global Marine Systems Wins Cable Deal for Gwynt y Mor Offshore Wind Farm (UK) - RWE npower renewables has awarded a multi-million pound contract to install offshore export cables at wind farm in North Wales. Link to Coverage >> |
Hibernia Atlantic Undertakes Building of Historic Transatlantic Cable - Huawei Marine (a Global Marine JV) commits to "Project Express" fiber optic cable from NY to London. Link to Coverage >> |
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| Portland targets offshore windfarm sector - News analysis published in Lloyd's List details future plans for the harbour and mentions Global Marine Systems. Link to Coverage >> |
How the UK and Europe can set examples for the US offshore wind industry - Global Marine's Joel Whitman points to business growth potential in US market. Link to Coverage >> |
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| Hundreds Turn Up for Cable Ship Open Day - Orkney Today report and photos on 250+ people touring GMSL's CS Sovereign cable-laying vessel in Orkney, off the north coast of Scotland. Link to Coverage >> |
The Wrong Debate on Green Jobs - Andrew Winston article about green jobs mentions Global Marine's move to offshore energy. Triple Pundit is a Green Business News site. Link to Coverage >> |
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| A happy ending for US offshore wind power? - Global Marine's head of corporate strategy Joel Whitman is quoted: "I'm optimistic the industry is about to take off.” . Link to Coverage >> |
Cable gridlock: Unravelling the logistics of bringing offshore wind - Next generation of deepwater wind farms edge towards logistically daunting commercial realities. Link to Coverage >> |
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| Firm Puts Wind In Sails Of UK Manufacturing - Sky News reports on benefits of Global Marine's involvement with new Predator ROV to service wind farms. Link to Coverage >> |
BBC Radio - Report includes interview of Predator-ROV's Jaime Cunliffe on how the Predator remote operated vehicle (ROV) is used on the London Array project and others. Hear the broadcast clip >> |
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| Essex Cable Firm Keeps the World Connected - Essex Business talks with Global Marine CEO Gabriel Ruhan about value of connectivity, misconceptions and subsea cabling. Link to Coverage >> |
Suriname to Guyana - 1,249-kilometer submarine cable system installed by the Global Marine and Huawei Marine enhances communications between two developing nations. Link to Coverage >> |
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| iPad fever wraps world in wire - The Sunday Times quotes GMSL executives in report on increasing data traffic volume and its effect on subsea telecoms cabling industry. Link to Coverage >> |
High-risk Cable-Lay Through the Gulf of Aden - Offshore wind energy is a great opportunity for the United States.But players have to act quickly to build up the new industry sector. Link to Coverage >> |
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| Lightweight inspection tool - Predator-ROV utilizes the latest technologies including fibre optics for transmission of video and data, as well as the high-accuracy three-axis compass. Link to Coverage >> |
"We all must work together" - Offshore wind energy is a great opportunity for the United States. But players have to act quickly to build up the new industry sector. Link to Coverage >> |
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| Global Marine Systems completes Trinidad job - GMS completes Trinidad cable landing, the next milestone in the installation of the Suriname Guyana Cable System. Link to Coverage >> |
SPECIAL REPORT: Offshore Wind Farms - Sun & Wind Energy Magazine reprints Oct 09 article pointing out proper subsea cabling is critical to growth of offshore wind industry. Link to Coverage >> |
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| Life at Sea: More Complex and Competitive - Capacity Magazine reporter Guy Matthews discovers maintaining submarine cables is becoming more complex and more competitive. Link to Coverage >> |
Podcast- Global Marine's Ian Douglas, Managing Director of the Global Marine Telecoms Business Unit, speaks with Submarine Telecoms Forum about GMSL's capabilities. Hear the Podcast >> |
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| Energy Profile - Renewables: "Planning Ahead" - Energy-Profile Magazine talks to Global Marine CEO Gabriel Ruhan about what it will take for the wind industry to meet the RO (Renewable Obligation) targets. Link to Coverage >> |
The Natural Solution - Following the announcement of Round 3 of the UK's offshore wind development, Modern Utility Management investigates potential to meet UK's renewables targets. Link to Coverage >> |
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| Bright Future for North Sea Energy - North Sea's key role in powering the UK is set to continue through a new generation of wind and subsea coal energy, according to an article in the Eastern Daily Press. Link to Coverage >> |
Subsea Cables: Time to Take Stock? - Article in Capacity Yearbook on the status of subsea cables, unlit and planned, and the effect of worldwide pricing, including interview with Global Marine's Ian Douglas. Link to Coverage >> |
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| Pushing 40 - As 40G wavelengths are rolled out in undersea cables, the dynamics of cable builds will change, according to feature article. PLUS an editorial on year-end cable activity. Link to Coverage >> Link to Editorial >> |
First female to pilot remotely operated vehicles - The Women's Engineering Society's quartely magazine The Woman Engineer interviews Nakai Madishi, one of the graduates of Global Marine System's ROV Training Facility Link to Coverage >> |
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| Sharks and the threat to communications - Financial Times quotes Global Marine's Ian Douglas about sophisticated burial techniques to protect subsea cables. Link to Coverage >> |
Nimby Britain looks out to sea - Wind Power Monthly considers whether the British government's new focus on offshore wind power is realizable and ambitious enough. Link to Coverage >> |
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| "If I had a hammer..." - In a story about offshore logistics, Sun & Wind Energy Magazine points out that proper subsea cabling is critical to growth of offshore wind industry. Link to Coverage >> |
Global Marine Systems on the future of offshore wind cabling - Gabriel Ruhan talks to Wind Energy Update about how to cut the cost and increase the quality of subsea cabling. Link to Coverage >> |
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| Six Key Lessons for Offshore Grid Connections - GMSL President Gabriel Ruhan talks about smoother, quicker and cheaper installation and ultimately better windfarms. Link to Coverage >> |
Are ROVs Here to Stay? - As tethers get smarter, ROVs improve, yet some want to cut the cord completely... Article features Global Marine Systems and the Predator ROV. Link to Coverage >> |
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| Fetish: Objects of Desire - WIRED Magazine's "Remote control underwater robot" features a full-page photo of the Predator ROV from Cetrax Systems and Global Marine Systems. Link to Coverage >> |
Global Marine fears the peril of overconfidence - "Only a clutch of firms possess the vessels and experience for the extremely specialised tasks of linking up offshore wind farms..." Link to Coverage >> |
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| Special Report: Project Kelvin - TelecomTV's Martyn Warwick brings us a special report from Portrush, Northern Ireland, where Hibernia Atlantic are landing the latest transatlantic cable, featuring GMSL's Sovereign. Click on image at right to PLAY VIDEO. Click again to connect to larger format version on YouTube.  |
| Southern Cross Describes Repair Operation - Southern Cross Cable Ltd. (SCCL) reports on repair to a fault on its cable system, featuring work of Global Marine. Link to Coverage >> |
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| Web in trouble? - The Mail on Sunday features Global Marine Systems in story about hidden cables under a Cornish beach feeding the world's internet. Link to Coverage >> |
Making the connection - Energy Engineering's Mike Farish talks to Global Marine Systems about how they are going about tapping into what they see as a major growth opportunity. Link to Coverage >> |
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| Global Marine Systems Awarded Business Weekly's East of England Business - International Trade Award Given in Recognition for Business Expansion in Asia and Europe. Link to Coverage >> |
Who Protects The Internet? Pull up the wrong undersea cable, and the Internet goes dark in Berlin or Dubai.... See Popular Science article featuring Global Marine! Link to Coverage >> |
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| Telecommunications and Power Cables across the seabed - Linking countries and continents, cabling the sea depths - discussions with Global Marine management. Read Coverage >> [Original] |
Huawei Marine Wins Contract for Submarine Cable System to Bridge Tunisia and Italy. The “ Learn More >> |
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| JADE Submarine Cable Jointing Software Released for Commercial Availability, automates record keeping for improving quality and overall performance. Learn More >> |
Gabriel Ruhan, CEO, discusses current market conditions in Subsea Telecoms: Capacity covers "Infrastructure developments by sea, land and sky" Read Coverage >> |
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| Global Marine Energy: Part of innovative electromagnetic survey project to help find oil and gas reserves with Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) Learn More >> |
NRC Handelsblad: "The Internet lies in the ocean" Cables in the ocean are vulnerable... How safe is the World Wide Web anyway?? Read Coverage >> [Original] |
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| Submarine cables: Under pressure Operators are doing deals to build international cable networks, but could there be problems completing them? Read Coverage >> |
Meeting the Challenge: Personnel shortages pose problems in ROV operation and development in the oil and gas industry. See Coverage >> |
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| Analyzing the Internet Collapse: Multiple fiber cuts to undersea cables show the fragility of the Internet at its choke points. Read Coverage >> |
Storming the beach head: Huawei enters submarine cable market. An interview with Gabriel Ruhan, CEO of Global Marine Systems. See Coverage >> |
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