Marinized Terrestrial Cables
CONTENTS
1 General
    1.1 Definition
    1.2 Characteristics
    1.3 Comparison between MTC and submarine cables
    1.4 Advantages of marinized terrestrial cable links
    1.5 Content of Handbook
CHAPTER I - Cable contruction
1 Generic requirements
    1.1 Introduction
    1.2 System performance
    1.3 Fibre loss stability
    1.4 Fibre reliability
    1.5 Installation and recovery
    1.6 Sea bottom environment
    1.7 Installation requirement
    1.8 Cable maintenance
    1.9 Cable protection (armouring)
2 Cable structures
    2.1 General description
    2.2 Cable elements
    2.3 Typical cable structures
3 Cable performance for various environments and depths
CHAPTER II - Fibre splicing, organizers and closures
1 General
2 Fibre splicing
    2.1 Physical factors
    2.2 Splice protection
3 Organizers
    3.1 Physical and structural factors
4 Closures
    4.1 Physical and structural factors
    4.2 Components
5 Beach closures
    5.1 Features
CHAPTER III - Survey and route planning
1 General
2 Desk study
3 Electronic route survey
    3.1 Positioning
    3.2 Bathymetry
    3.3 Side scanning
    3.4 ROV and diver investigation
    3.5 Sea Bed Sampling and Cone Penetration Testing
    3.6 Seismic survey
    3.7 Oceanographic survey
    3.8 Magnetometer search
    3.9 Sea-bottom temperatures
    3.10 Environmental Impact Evaluation
4 Route planning
5 Burial Assessment Survey
CHAPTER IV - Characteristics of vessels for marinized terrestrial cable systems
1 Survey vessels
    1.1 Seaworthiness
    1.2 Accommodation
    1.3 Equipment space
    1.4 Environmental requirements
    1.5 Communications
    1.6 Machinery
2 Typical characteristics of laying vessels
3 Vessel for recovery/maintenance
CHAPTER V - Installation
1 General
2 Loading
    2.1 Cable loading
    2.2 Closures loading
    2.3 Loading speed
3 Shore-end
4 Main laying
    4.1 Sea laying
    4.2 Laying in lakes
    4.3 Laying in rivers
5 Controls
    5.1 Controls during loading
    5.2 Controls during laying
    5.3 Controls after laying
6 Final as-laid report
CHAPTER VI - Repair methods
1 General
2 Fault location
3 Spares evaluation
4 Recovery techniques
5 Cable restoration methods
    5.1 Underwater section
    5.2 Buried section
CHAPTER VII - Protection
1 General
2 Methods of protection
3 Permission
4 Articulated steel pipes or HDPE pipes
5 Cement bagging
6 Burial
    6.1 Plough systems
    6.2 Jetting-in systems
    6.3 Post-lay burial
    6.4 Visual inspections
7 Mattresses with wire reinforcement
8 Surveillance
CHAPTER VIII - Tests
1 General
    1.1 Tests for marinized terrestrial cable
    1.2 Requirements
    1.3 Safety margin
    1.4 Safe working practice
    1.5 Reference
2 Cable - mechanical tests
    2.1 Bending (Sheave test)
    2.2 Flexure (reverse bending) test (optional)
    2.3 Tensile tests
    2.4 Mechanical fatigue test (optional)
    2.5 Impact test
    2.6 Crush resistance
    2.7 Coilability (optional)
3 Cable - environmental tests
    3.1 Hydrostatic pressure test
    3.2 Water ingress
    3.3 Temperature stability
    3.4 Voltage (optional)
    3.5 Corrosion test (optional)
4 Operational tests
    4.1 Cable inter-layer adhesion test (optional)
    4.2 Cable stopper test (optional)
    4.3 Installation equipment test (optional)
5 Cable - transmission
    5.1 Manufactured loss and strain
6 Closure - mechanical tests
    6.1 Tensile
    6.2 Bending resistance
    6.3 Bumps and vibration tests
    6.4 Crush resistance test
7 Closure - environmental tests
    7.1 Hydrostatic pressure
    7.2 Temperature stability test
    7.3 Voltage test (optional)
8 Trials
Appendix I to Chapter VIII