NSC to join the ACMA 24/7 guardian service

NSC has joined the ACMA sea cable 24/7 guardian service starting from the 15th of May 2009. 

Our present guardian service, performed by our partner Global Marine Systems, will be one of the supplier to the ACMA with their cable vessels.

ACMA was founded in 1965 and is run as a purchasing consortium, acting purely in the interests of its members.  The entire ACMA maintenance operation - ships, ROVs, technical specialists - is under independent contract to dedicated third-party service providers. As the fleet is operated by an independent management team (with formal performance indicators, such as cable loading and jointing times) ACMA members also benefit from improved quality and greater efficiency. However, although the fleet is independent, its facilities are dedicated to the sole use of the ACMA members.  With no pressure to show a profit on such activities, ACMA is a genuinely cooperative organization which can concentrate solely on the interests of its members.

There's nothing amusing about an undersea cable break, with downtime and restoration costs running. Faults have to be located and repaired swiftly. This requires experience, expertise and state of the art vehicles, all of which are standard in the ACMA.

 “We are very pleased to join ACMA.  The guardian service is an important “insurance” for NSC and its customers. Further, it is a vital part for the total quality of the NSC Network”, says Einar Nyheim – Technical Manager in NSC. “By joining ACMA - the Atlantic Cable Maintenance & Repair Agreement –we’ll save both time and money on cable maintenance. “