Alcatel Performs Deep-sea Cable Repairs in the Pacific

Alcatel successfully repaired a fiber communications cable in water depths close to 9,400 meters in the Pacific Ocean about 700 km off the coast of Japan. The Alcatel operated cable ship, C.S Heimdal, completed the fiber optic cable repair on a transpacific cable system connecting Japan to the US. Due to water depths varying from 5,300 to 9,400 meters, Alcatel developed a purpose-built grapnel to avoid the cable breaking under its own weight, while drawing it up from the sea bed for repair.
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