The first stage of the new CableFish test programme was completed last week and the results proved that this concept will revolutionise submarine cable installation for high flow environments .
The trials were conducted on a simulated cable off the Dorset coast in flows of up to 2.5knots. The objective was to prove the concept, including the Launch and Recovery System (LARS) all of the on-board instruments and the topside system, in a relatively benign environment before moving up to EMEC in the Orkneys.
Ben Baker, the CableFish Project Manager , said: “Now that the concept is proven, we can focus on refining it, before setting her loose on a real cable in 6 knots flows in the infamous Falls of Warness.”