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  • Shipping Chaos - A Perfect Storm

    Shipping Chaos - A Perfect Storm

    Jan 13, 2021

    If you are involved in importing cables, you will be aware of the challenges that can arise, even if they do not directly affect you. Chinese New Year and Christmas are (obviously) annual disruptions, while Brexit is posing actual and potential problems..

  • Undersea Fibre Optic Cables

    Undersea Fibre Optic Cables

    Oct 14, 2020

    On the 5th August 1858, (on the third attempt) the first undersea transcontinental telegraph cable was laid. The British ship HMS Agamemnon and the American USS Niagara met in the middle of the Atlantic ocean, connected two ends of the cable, and together

  • Marine & Offshore Cables

    Marine & Offshore Cables

    Mar 17, 2020

    We’re seeing the technology used in marine and offshore applications advancing at an incredible rate and the need for cables to link equipment and systems to enable reliable communications is rapidly increasing...

  • SHF1 CAN Bus Offshore Marine Approved Bus Cables - DNV-GL Approved

    SHF1 CAN Bus Offshore Marine Approved Bus Cables - DNV-GL Approved

    Jan 08, 2020

    CAN Bus offer many advantages on vessels and rigs, their small diameters and light weight enable easy routing even in confined spaces. Large amounts of data can be sent between intelligent devices over a single cable.

  • MUD is mud, right?

    MUD is mud, right?

    May 13, 2019

    Well, no, not really. Certainly when it comes to the sort of MUD you find around oil and gas platforms at sea. Drilling mud or drilling fluid as it’s commonly called is a viscous fluid mixture that’s used in drilling operations performing a wide range...

  • UNIKA - DNV-GL & ABS Approved Shipboard Cables

    UNIKA - DNV-GL & ABS Approved Shipboard Cables

    Feb 11, 2019

    FS Cables Ltd has announced that it has entered into an exclusive distribution agreement with Unika Group, a leading manufacturer of specialist cables who operate from their state of the art production facilities in Verona, Italy. From 1st February 2019..

  • SMM - The Leading International Maritime Trade Fair

    SMM - The Leading International Maritime Trade Fair

    Jun 11, 2018

    FSC will be exhibiting at SMM 2018 in Hall B1 upper level, Booth 410. The team will be showcasing our wide range of specialist offshore marine cables such as data, bus, fibre, coax and antenna cables.

  • NEK Sealine - Marine Approved Data, Bus, Coax and Fibre Cables

    NEK Sealine - Marine Approved Data, Bus, Coax and Fibre Cables

    Mar 13, 2018

    FS Cables are now the UK appointed stockist for the NEK Sealine range of marine grade data, bus, coax and fibre cables, manufactured by NEK Kabel, Norway. Designed for demanding offshore and marine installations, the NEK Sealine range...

  • Shipboard, Marine & Offshore Cables

    Shipboard, Marine & Offshore Cables

    Nov 30, -0001

    The technology used in marine and offshore applications is advancing at an incredible rate and the need for cables to link equipment or systems to enable reliable communications is rapidly increasing. Until recently, the availability of products with..

  • IMPA 2015

    Oct 26, 2015