EuroWire May 2017

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Four ships commission cable laying software

IN the last few months, the submarine cable industry’s cable installation software, MakaiLay, has been commissioned on four cable laying vessels around the world. KT Submarine (KTS, Korea) recently completed a challenging installation with one of its cable laying vessels, Segero . It also commissioned the software on its other vessel, the Responder , and is currently using it to manage a cable installation in the Pacific. “To provide more accurate cable installation services to our client, we started using MakaiLay in our most recent cable lays, and we are impressed with its capabilities,” said Mr Moon, engineer-in-charge, KT Submarine. “Especially useful is the look-ahead feature that allows us to keep the cable on the desired route and to maintain the correct bottom slack by issuing appropriate instructions to the cable engine and the DP operators.” MakaiLay is currently being commissioned on NTT World Engineering Marine Corporation’s (NTTWEM, Japan) newly constructed cable laying vessel, Kizuna . MakaiLay is advanced subsea cable installation software that enables users to lay submarine cables with the highest level of accuracy, speed, safety and reliability possible, reducing the risk of cable failures. The software has been rigorously tested and validated and is used by over 80 per cent of the global fleet of cable ships on countless commercial lays and military installations to successfully install well over 400,000km of cable worldwide. Makai Ocean Engineering Inc – USA Website : www.makai.com Business development engineer Doug Druce has been appointed to to Sikora’s office in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, which opened in 2015. The office serves customers of the wire and cable, optical fibre, hose and tube and plastic industries with measuring, control, inspection, analysis and sorting technologies. Mr Druce’s role is providing sales and technical support. Mr Druce has an educational background in mechanical engineering from Auckland University of New Zealand. He has many years of experience in plastic injection moulding and extrusion. He has been working at the Sikora International base in Peachtree, Georgia, USA, since September 2016 and has completed a training programme at the company’s headquarters in Bremen, Germany, where he gained in-depth knowledge of the variety of Sikora products.

Sikora International Corp – USA Website : www.sikora.net

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