History was unmade last year, as engineers began the massive project of ripping the first-ever transoceanic fiber-optic cable from the ocean floor. Just don’t mention sharks.

Jan De Nul has ordered two new vessels designed to bury submarine cables in the seabed, named the Fleeming Jenkin and William Thomson. One of the vessels will be a trenching support vessel equipped ...

Forecasting earthquakes presents a serious challenge on land, but in the oceans that cover around 70% of the Earth’s surface it is all but impossible. However, the vast network of undersea cables that ...

Chief Construction Electrician Daniel Luberto, right, and Construction Mechanic 3rd Class Andersen Gardner, with Underwater Construction Team 2 Construction Dive Detachment Bravo (UCT2 CDDB), remove ...

Trump Endangers the Handover of the UK’s ‘Last Colony’ Communications cables are only part of the story. A far broader array of systems now covers the ocean floor – and must be protected. But ...