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Given the dramatic increase in the number of submarine cables installed in recent years and the fact that fishermen worldwide are developing practices that involve the deployment of heavier equipment in deeper water, cable awareness and cable protection are more important today than ever before. Damaged cables result in significant revenue losses to the cable owners and damaged or lost fishing gear results in significant revenue losses to the fishermen who may have snagged a submarine cable. Beyond the potential for monetary losses to both cable owners and fishermen, there is a significant safety issue. Submarine cables carry potentially lethal voltages and the weight of a caught cable can threaten the stability of a fishing vessel, to the point that capsizing is a possibility. Many cable companies have taken every effort to protect these cables by burying these cables beneath the sea bed and distributing cable awareness charts to the local fishermen. Unfortunately, there has traditionally been little coordination between cable owners in the area of cable |
protection and as a result, information is seldom consolidated or even standardized.
The ultimate goal of CableAwareness.com is to provide a single source for accurate and up-to-date “cable awareness charts” and “simple” RPL data. CableAwareness.com provides the infrastructure for cable owners to manage and distribute cable awareness data and products to mariners operating in the vicinity of their submarine cable. Cable RPL data and current notes on any repair or maintenance activity may be uploaded or edited remotely via an Internet browser allowing site management from any location. |
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