metres, Pacific Rim West 1995 First to bury cable to 10 metres and 4 metres in rock, APCN 1997 Installed first dedicated internet cable between US and UK 2003 Achieved deepest water ploughing to a depth of 1699m on the Svalbard system installed 1,350 km within the Arctic Circle. 2010 Achieved deepest recorded cable burial at Port Klang in Malaysia achieving 14 meters on a power cable connecting to the Island of Pulau Ketam 2014 Global Marine was awarded the Order of Distinction by RoSPA in recognition of the company's 15th consecutive year of outstanding occupational health and safety results. 2014 Global Marine installed the 2014 Uninett project in Svalbard Norway, delivering the world's most northerly fibre optic cable system, deep within the Arctic Circle. To date Global Marine has installed over 300,000 km of subsea cable, 23% of the world's total. In addition to this Global Marine with joint venture partners has performed 35% of maintenance operations on world fibre optic cables. References BT Group Companies based in Chelmsford British companies established in 1999 Engineering companies of the United Kingdom