International Cable Protection Committee Sponsors 2021 Rhodes Academy-ICPC Submarine Cables Writing Competition
Each year, the International Cable Protection Committee (ICPC) sponsors the Rhodes Academy-ICPC Submarine Cables Writing Award for a deserving paper addressing submarine cables and their relationship with the law of the sea. With the award, the ICPC seeks to foster scholarship regarding submarine cables and the law of the sea and promote the rule of law as applied to submarine cables. In 2020, the selection jury chose Mr Yang Wenlan as the winner for his paper Protecting Submarine Cables from Physical Damage under Investment Law.
Rhodes Academy. Each year, the Rhodes Academy of Oceans Law and Policy brings together approximately 50 mid-career professionals from around the world to study and learn from leading ocean law and science scholars, judges, and practitioners (including ICPC representatives) about the law of the sea and its key legal instrument, the United Natio
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International Cable Protection Committee: The ICPC Issues Call for Papers for the 2021 Annual Plenary
Not only does the ICPC welcome participation
from ICPC Member companies, but non-Members that have a vital interest in the protection of telecommunications and power cables worldwide, are also invited to submit a presentation abstract in response to the Call for Papers that address the aforementioned theme. Recommended topics include, but are not limited to the following:
Critical Infrastructure: New challenges in installing, maintaining, and protecting submarine cables during the global pandemic and in the post-pandemic era.
Reliability and Security: How science, engineering, survey, and planning developments enhance the reliability of submarine cable systems. Securing critical international infrastructure by working with authorities, stakeholders, and other seabed users.
WHILE the Malaysia Shipowners’ Association (MASA) chairman Datuk Abdul Hak Md Amin says there are four Malaysian flagged and certified submarine cable repair vessels currently available for use by the industry, tech companies that own the undersea cables beg to differ.
“There are no Malaysian flagged vessels that can undertake repairs of undersea cables according to the best practices recommended by the ICPC (International Cable Protection Committee),” says Chiew Kok Hin, chairman of the Malaysia Internet Exchange (MyIX).
MyIX is an integrator between local and international internet service providers. Submarine cables are crucial as 95% of the world’s voice and data traffic rely on them to be transmitted. These undersea cables, meanwhile, are invariably linked to foreign companies such as Alibaba, Hitachi, NTT, Microsoft, IBM and Bridge Data Centres, among others.