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6: The Marine Operations: Maintenance Zone

Atlantic Cable Maintenance

and Repair Agreement.

OWNERSHIP
ACMA was founded in 1965 is a non-profit
cooperative subsea maintenance agreement
consisting of 59 members. These companies are
responsible for the operations and maintenance
of undersea communications and power cables,
as well as Oil & Gas Platform operators, in the
Atlantic, North Sea and South eastern Pacific
Ocean.

TECHNOLOGY

As the entire ACMA maintenance operation
ships, ROVs, technical specialists, is under
independent contract to dedicated third-party
service providers, with formal key performance
indicators, such as cableship mobilization, spares
loading and operational timings, ACMA members
also benefit from a quality and efficient service
provided by an independent fleet with its facilities
dedicated to the sole use of the ACMA members.

CABLESHIP
• C.S. SOVEREIGN
Based at Portland, UK, operated by Global
Marine.
• C.S. PIERRE DE FERMAT
Based at Brest, France, operated by Orange
Marine.
• C.S. WAVE SENTINEL
Based at Curacao, Netherlands.

ZONE RANGE
Operation starts from the Atlantic Marine Base of
Brest (Northern France) in the Atlantic to the
Northern Europe zone.

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