Global Marine Joint Venture Partners complete installation of Segment 2 of Jasuka Project

Chelmsford, UK: Global Marine Systems Limited, the independent market-leading subsea cable installation and maintenance company, is pleased to announce that its Asian joint venture partners, NTT World Engineering Marine (NTTWEM) and S.B Submarine Systems (SBSS), have successfully completed the cable installation of segment 2 of the Jasuka project in Indonesia.

Based in Yokohama, Japan and Shanghai, China, NTTWEM and SBSS are joint ventures between Global Marine and NTT, Global Marine and China Telecom respectively, for the provision of cable ships and cable depots to supply a full range of cable installation and repair services in the Far East region. NTTWEM was established in 1998, and SBSS in the mid-1980s.

“The successful completion of segment 2 of the Jasuka project again illustrates the benefits of Global Marine’s collaborative approach to the international subsea cabling market” said Gabriel Ruhan, Managing Director at Global Marine. “The Asian market is undoubtedly one of the fastest growing telecommunications markets in the world and, via our longstanding strategic partnerships with NTTWEM and SBSS, Global Marine has unique capabilities and access within this region.”

The Jasuka project, currently being implemented by NEC of Japan for owners PT Telecom is a submarine cable network system in Indonesian waters, comprising of two sub-segments. Sub segment 2 links the regions of Batam and Pontianak via a sub sea cable spanning 600 kilometres. The installation was completed by SBSS’ cable ship Fu Hai and marks the fourth long distance cable system installed by SBSS in South East Asia during the past three years.
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