0337 - Marine Offshore

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0337 - Marine Offshore

A film promoting British Telecom International Marine Services' capabilities for the offshore industry, specifically focused on submarine cables and cable ships. The film highlights two systems used to place cables beneath the seabed: a submersible trencher capable of trenching cables or pipelines without contact, and a plough system designed for burying longer cable and umbilical systems as they are laid. The submersible trencher is equipped with various features such as variable buoyancy, manipulator arm, video system, sonars, and navigation systems, while the plough system can be operated from any suitable multi-role support vessel and has a patented method of cutting through soil to minimize soil disturbance.

Catalogue

Finding Number: BTA-MI1/0337

Date: 3rd September 1987

Period: 1980s

Level: Item

Distribution: Broadcast

Film function: Informational (public)

Film subject: Submarine cables and cable ships

Year: 1987

Repository: BT Archives (ARCHON 1814)

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