Industry Leaders :: Global Marine offers top quality cabling services and is considered an industry leader in four distinct markets: Telecoms, renewable energy, oil and gas and defence

Case Studies

 

As a leading international marine engineering business, Global Marine works for every major telco in the world.

We offer expert project management and our operations teams have unrivalled experience in the installation of subsea fibre optic cables. In addition, we have alliances and joint ventures with some of the largest cable and optical network manufacturers worldwide that further give us the ability to deliver fully installed submarine cable systems in any ocean, anywhere in the world.

We have a breadth of experience that is hard to compare. Our people are the best; whether those managing our operations on board our state-of-the-art cable ships, or our teams based strategically around the world to meet the needs of our global customer base

We’re ambitious to grow, with a young management team and a wealth of heritage behind us. We’re employing bold and far-sighted strategies to bring a commercial offering to market that we know our customers seek and that will deliver each fibre optic cable system we install effectively and efficiently.

Selected Projects


Global Marine Systems has a legendary track record of successful subsea projects in the Telecoms market. Here is a selected set of recent project case studies:

  • Aniva Bay: Global Marine was sub-contracted by Saipem to install a 5 km length of integrated power/telecom cable from the beach to a Tanker Loading Unit. The cable had to be buried to a minimum cover depth of 0.5 metres through rock. Learn More >>

  • BT Liberty: BT contracted Global Marine for the supply and installation of the land cable from the beach manholes to the terminal stations, and the full marine main lay and separate shore-end operations of Liberty Cable System between St Sampson Terminal Station in Guernsey and the Stoke Flemming Terminal Station in Devon, UK. Learn More >>

  • Hanibal: Tunisie Telecom contracted for the supply and installation of fibre optic cable for the Hannibal Submarine Cable System between beach manholes in Tunisia and Sicily. Learn More >>

  • Hugo: This project consisted of 45kms of plough burial in participation with General Offshore our nominated subcontractor to perform the in-shore works and lay at the landing point of Lannion Bay, France. Learn More >>

  • Kelvin: Hibernia Atlantic UK Limited contracted Global Marine Systems for the marine installation of Project Kelvin’s subsea cable network. The cable network incorporates approximately 25km of fibre optical cable connecting Portrush, Northern Ireland to Hibernia Atlantic’s existing submarine fibre optical cable from Southport, UK to Halifax, Canada. Learn More >>

  • Kit Valley: In November 2006, the Korean Meteorological Association (KMA) commissioned the installation of the pioneering ‘Ocean Bottom Unit’ (OBU) 20km off the coast of Ullenungdo (an island 135km east of the Korean peninsula) which acts as a ‘listening device’ to detect and monitor high levels of seismic activity. Learn More >>

  • Suriname Guyana: Telesur & GT&T contracted for a two fibre pair solution terminated between Trinidad and Guyana, with a Branching Unit into Suriname. The 1300km system was installed as a repeatered solution with optimum repeater spacing of 70km. Learn More >>