Submarine Systems Design, Installation and Operations

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Submarine Systems Design, Installation and
Operations

• ESACC/Internet2 Techs Workshop
• Florida International University
• Miami, FL
• By Anthony Liguori
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  February 3, 2003

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Presented By Anthony Liguori
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History

• Global Marine Systems - Formerly Cable Wireless
  Global Marine
• Origins of Global Marine trace back over 150
  years
• 1999 - Cable Wireless Global Marine bought by
  Global Crossing Limited
• Worlds largest subsea cable installation and
  maintenance contractor

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History

• 1850 First submarine telegraph cable laid
  (Dover - Calais)
• 1866 First successful Trans-Atlantic telegraph
  submarine cable laid
• 1956 First Trans-Atlantic analogue telephone
  cable laid
• 1962 First Trans-Pacific analogue telephone
  cable laid
• 1988 First Trans-Atlantic fibre optic cable laid

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World Cables - 1963
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World Cables - 1999
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Desk Study

• Land site selection
• Fishing activity
• Oil exploration production
• Sea bed conditions
• Environmental factors
• Permits permissions
• Existing cables pipelines

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Multi-Beam Survey
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Sub-Sea Make Up
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Route Planning
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Cable Installation
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Seabed Slack Variables
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Faults by Water Depth
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Cable System Maintenance
Fishing Damage
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Cross Section of Cable Types
Cable Station / Field Operation Organization
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Branching Unit
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Grapnel
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Summary Slide

• Submarine Systems Design, Installation and
  Operations are interdependent and the long term
  profitability of the system is the direct result
  of the initial planning and the quality of
  installation.

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