Key challenges for pipeline and cable owners
Subsea and submarine cables and pipelines are critical to global communication, energy supply, and data infrastructure. They form the backbone of today’s interconnected world, enabling everything from internet connectivity to offshore energy transport. Yet despite their importance, these vital assets remain highly vulnerable, especially to anchoring, fishing activity, vessel groundings, and unintentional interference.
Owners of subsea and submarine infrastructure face a persistent challenge: how to effectively monitor and protect their assets. When damage occurs, the responsible vessel often remains unaware, leaving cable and pipeline operators without timely alerts. This delay can result in costly faults, prolonged downtime, and complex insurance claims. That’s why it’s essential not only to identify and document the vessels involved, but more importantly, to implement preventive measures that reduce the risk of incidents altogether.
- Ensure Continuous Operations: Unplanned downtime can be costly and disruptive. Immediate alerts and rapid responses are crucial to maintain continuous operations and prevent costly outages.
- Visibility and Early Warnings: Enhanced visibility and early warning systems are needed to detect potential threats in real-time.
- Preventive Maintenance: Maintenance is costly, but disruption in service even more so. The challenge is to know where to focus maintenance efforts based on vessel traffic patterns or incidents.
- Changing Threats and Risks: Protecting subsea cables and pipelines from physical damage is a complex and continuous challenge. Factors such as weather, changes in trade routes or geo-political tension can change the risk profile of an area over time.
- Legal and Insurance Issues: Identifying and documenting perpetrators of damage is essential for legal and insurance purposes.
Your Complete Solution for Safeguarding Subsea Cables and Pipelines
Smarter Planning for Critical Subsea Infrastructure
Regulators now expect cable projects to back up every siting decision with evidence, traffic density, fishing activity, and real anchor-drag risk. That’s why we bring advanced analytics into every step, from planning to licensing and beyond.
Watch these short clips for a taste of our proactive workflow, then catch the full on-demand webinar to see how data-driven insights can help you minimize risk, speed up approvals, and protect your assets at every phase.
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From Risk Assessment to Incident Response
Proactive Planning and Risk Assessment
Reducing risk begins before any cable is deployed.
Gatehouse Maritime gives you access to documented vessel movements, fishing patterns, and anchoring activity, so you can identify safer locations for subsea cable routes and offshore installations.
Our tools enable data-driven risk assessments, helping you avoid high-activity zones and minimize the likelihood of incidents from the start.
Real-Time Monitoring and Protection
Immediate awareness is essential when vessels approach critical subsea cables. Gatehouse Maritime uses geofencing and behavior-based detection to identify real threats, such as anchoring or fishing, while filtering out routine vessel traffic.
Exception management allows you to whitelist trusted ships, so operators only receive alerts for genuine risks. This ensures faster, more precise responses when action is required.
Refining Protective Measures After an Incident
If an incident occurs, rapid recovery and thorough documentation are essential.
Gatehouse Maritime enables the deployment of Aids to Navigation (AtoNs) and virtual safety zones, clearly displayed on nautical charts. These digital tools increase vessel awareness, provide timely warnings, and support legal and insurance processes with detailed incident records.
Monitor and protect your subsea cables and pipelines with data
Our solution delivers continuous, real-time monitoring of critical offshore infrastructure, including submarine cables and pipelines. By combining AIS data, geofencing, and smart alerts, we help you detect vessel activity that may pose a risk to your subsea assets. This enables timely decisions, minimizes the risk of damage, and supports both operational safety and compliance. With full situational awareness in your area of interest, you can respond quickly to potential threats, before incidents occur.
- Real-Time Tracking: Monitor vessel movements and activities within your defined geographical zones to stay informed and aware at all times.
- Customizable Alerts: Set specific criteria for triggering alerts, tailored to your asset protection priorities. Depending on threat severity differentiated alerts can be set up to ensure an appropriate response.
- Multi-Channel Communication: Receive alerts via AIS or Inmarsat-C, email, and mobile devices for immediate awareness.
Combine the power of area-defined monitoring, instant alerts, and real-time monitoring for a fully automated subsea cable and pipeline protection solution. Safeguard your subsea cables and pipelines with confidence, all in one integrated system.
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“We can now identify and document perpetrators which is undeniable proof in insurance lawsuits. This has already resulted in compensations for millions.”
Bo G. Christensen, Project Manager at Tusass Greenland
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