IOEMA is a state-of-the-art, high-capacity, 1400 km repeatered submarine fibre optic project that will arc across five key northern European markets: the UK, The Netherlands, Germany, Denmark and Norway, supporting critical infrastructure security with full armouring and burial. Now, researchers have discovered a new method for locating so-called dark ships—by using fibre-optic cables on the seabed. In November 2024, two data cables in the Baltic Sea were damaged and the Chinese freight ship Yi Peng 3 was suspected of being the culprit by dragging its anchor along the. In a significant stride towards enhancing maritime monitoring and security, researchers have developed an automated system to detect and classify acoustic signals using existing fiber optic cables. Illustration: Lasse Gorm Jensen. The IOEMA cable. elmshaven, Germany; and Blaabjerg, Denmark.
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