An Introduction to the International Cable Protection Committee

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An Introductionto theInternationalCable
ProtectionCommittee
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Vision

• To be the premier international
• Submarine Cable Owners Association
• providing leadership and guidance
• on issues related to submarine cable
• planning, installation, operation, maintenance,
  protection and retirement

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Prime Activities

• Promote awareness of submarine cables and their
  vital role in modern communications, especially
  to other users of the seabed
• Establish internationally agreed standards for
  cable installation, protection and maintenance
• Monitor the evolution of international treaties
  and national legislation and help to ensure that
  submarine cable interests are fully protected

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Membership in 2008

• 90 Organisations

Representing Submarine Cable Owners From
48 Countries
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Growth of Membership
Members
90 Membersin 2008
Renamed International Cable Protection Committee
in 1967
Formed as Cable Damage Committee in 1958
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The Challenge of Change

• Unprecedented demand for more cable capacity
• Faster planning, procurement and deployment
• Many new operators with non-traditional financing
  
• Growth of multi-branched and ring systems
• Seabed becoming crowded in some areas
• Need to maintain harmony with other seabed users
• Need to ensure harmony with seabed environment

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ICPC Objectives

• Publicity
• Information
• Projects
• Law

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ICPC Objectives - Publicity

• Provide marketing material to promote the goals
  of the ICPC
• Develop and maintain an internet website
• Promote the ICPC at prominent industry seminars,
  conventions and conferences

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ICPC Objectives - Information

• Provide a forum for Members to interact and learn
  about legal, technical and environmental
  developments relevant to submarine cables
• Identify areas of common interest where Members
  can benefit from working together
• Develop affiliations with equivalent associations
  in other marine-based industries
• Confidential information to Members via
  password-protected area on website

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ICPC Objectives - Projects

• Identify and fund industry projects where the
  common interest of Members is served
• Establish internationally agreed standards for
  cable route planning, charting, installation,
  operation, maintenance and protection
• Develop a comprehensive cable fault database so
  that failure trends can be identified
• Research the effects of submarine cables on the
  seabed environment

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ICPC Objectives - Law

• Monitor the development of international treaties
  and national legislation
• Advise and support Members when changes to the
  law are proposed which may affect submarine
  cables
• Help to ensure ongoing compatibility and
  uniformity of the law with industry requirements

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Membership Benefits

• Technical Information Advice
• Legal Information Advice
• Participate in Setting Industry Standards
• Access to Cable Fault Statistics
• Participate in Annual Plenary Meetings

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Sharing the seabed in harmony
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