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Submarine Cables
The Handbook of Law and Policy
Submarine fiber optic cables are critical communications infrastructure for States around the world. They are laid on the seabed, are often no bigger than a garden hose, and transmit immense amounts of data across oceans. These cables are the backbone of the internet and phone services and underpin core State interests, such as the finance sector, shipping, commerce and banking industries. Without the capacity to transmit and receive data via submarine cables, the economic security of States would be severely compromised. Despite the fact that 95 per cent of all data and telecommunications between States are transmitted via submarine cables, there is little understanding of how these cables operate. As a result some States have developed policies and laws that undermine the integrity of international telecommunications systems. Submarine Cables: The Handbook of Law and Policy provides a one-stop-shop of essential information relating to the international governance of submarine cables. The Handbook is a unique collaboration between international lawyers and experts from the submarine cable industry. It provides a practical insight into the law and policy issues that affect the protection of submarine cables, as well as the laying, maintenance and operation of such cables. In addition, the law and policy issues in relation to other special purpose cables, such as power cables, marine scientific research cables, military cables, and offshore energy cables, are also addressed.
Douglas R. Burnett is a partner maritime practice group at the law firm Squire Sanders (US) LLP. Since 1999 he has been the International law advisor to the International Cable Committee (ICPC). He has worked with various aspects of submarine cables for over 32 years. He has been a lecturer on several occasions at the Rhodes Academy and is currently the Chairman of the International Law of the Sea Sub-committee of the Maritime Law Association of the United States. He holds the rank of Captain, U.S. Navy (ret.)
Professor Robert Beckman is the Director of Centre for International Law (CIL), a university-wide research centre at the National University of Singapore (NUS). In addition to serving as Director of CIL, he also heads its Ocean Law and Policy programme. Professor Beckman received his JD from the University of Wisconsin and his LLM from Harvard Law School. He is an Associate Professor at the NUS Faculty of Law, where he has taught for more than 30 years. He currently teaches Ocean Law and Policy in Asia, Public International Law and International Regulation of Shipping. He is also co-director of the Rhodes Academy of Oceans Law and Policy and lectures there every summer.
Tara Davenport is a Research Fellow at the Centre for International Law (CIL), National University of Singapore. Tara holds a Bachelor of Laws from the London School of Economics and a Masters of Law in Maritime Law from the National University of Singapore. She is a qualified lawyer in Singapore and has spent a large part of her career working as a lawyer in one of Singaporeâs top shipping law firms. As a Research Fellow Tara undertakes research in the area of Ocean Law and Policy, with a particular emphasis on maritime crimes, submarine cables, joint development, and the South China Sea. Tara was the winner of the inaugural Rhodes Academy Submarine Cables Award sponsored by International Cable Protection Committee in 2010 for her paper âSubmarine Cables: Problems in Law and Practiceâ.
Professor Robert Beckman is the Director of Centre for International Law (CIL), a university-wide research centre at the National University of Singapore (NUS). In addition to serving as Director of CIL, he also heads its Ocean Law and Policy programme. Professor Beckman received his JD from the University of Wisconsin and his LLM from Harvard Law School. He is an Associate Professor at the NUS Faculty of Law, where he has taught for more than 30 years. He currently teaches Ocean Law and Policy in Asia, Public International Law and International Regulation of Shipping. He is also co-director of the Rhodes Academy of Oceans Law and Policy and lectures there every summer.
Tara Davenport is a Research Fellow at the Centre for International Law (CIL), National University of Singapore. Tara holds a Bachelor of Laws from the London School of Economics and a Masters of Law in Maritime Law from the National University of Singapore. She is a qualified lawyer in Singapore and has spent a large part of her career working as a lawyer in one of Singaporeâs top shipping law firms. As a Research Fellow Tara undertakes research in the area of Ocean Law and Policy, with a particular emphasis on maritime crimes, submarine cables, joint development, and the South China Sea. Tara was the winner of the inaugural Rhodes Academy Submarine Cables Award sponsored by International Cable Protection Committee in 2010 for her paper âSubmarine Cables: Problems in Law and Practiceâ.
"The handbook is a pioneering effort and serves as a one-stop resource for all issues related to the international governance of submarine cables."
-David O'Connell, Naval War College Review
-David O'Connell, Naval War College Review
Introduction - Why Submarine Cables?
Douglas Burnett, Tara Davenport, Robert Beckman
PART I: BACKGROUND
Chapter 1 - The Development of Submarine Cables
Stewart Ash
Chapter 2 - The Submarine Cable Industry: How Does it Work?
Mick Green
PART II: INTERNATIONAL LAW ON SUBMARINE CABLES
Chapter 3 â Overview of the International Legal Regime Governing Submarine Cables
Douglas Burnett, Tara Davenport, Robert Beckman
PART III: CABLE OPERATIONS - LAW AND PRACTICE
Chapter 4 â The Planning and Surveying of Submarine Cable Routes
Graham Evans, Monique Page
Chapter 5 â The Manufacture and Laying of Submarine Cables
Keith Ford-Ramsden, Tara Davenport
Chapter 6 â Submarine Cable Repair and Maintenance
Keith Ford-Ramsden, Douglas Burnett
Chapter 7 â The Relationship between Submarine Cables and the Marine Environment
Lionel Carter
Chapter 8 â Out-of-Service Submarine Cables
Douglas Burnett
PART IV: PROTECTING CABLESHIPS AND SUBMARINE CABLES
Chapter 9 â Protecting Cableships Engaged in Cable Operations
Mick Green, Douglas Burnett
Chapter 10 â Submarine Cables and Natural Hazards
Lionel Carter
Chapter 11 â Protecting Submarine Cables from Competing Uses
Bob Wargo, Tara Davenport
Chapter 12 â Protecting Submarine Cables from Intentional Damage: The Security Gap
Robert Beckman
PART V: SPECIAL PURPOSE SUBMARINE CABLES
Chapter 13 â Power Cables
Malcolm Eccles, Joska Ferencz, Douglas Burnett
Chapter 14 â Marine Scientific Research Cables
Lionel Carter, Alfred H.A. Soons
Chapter 15 â Military Cables
J. Ashley Roach
Chapter 16 - Submarine Cables and Offshore Energy
Wayne Nielsen, Tara Davenport)
PART VI: APPENDICES AND KEYWORD INDEX
Appendix 1 - Timeline of the Submarine Cable Industry
Appendix 2 - Overview of the Major Submarine System Suppliers (1850 â2012)
Appendix 3 - Excerpts of Most Relevant Treaty Provisions
Keyword Index
Primary audiences will be government officials and policy makers, the submarine cable industry, and academics and students. At present there is no book available on the market dealing with submarine telecommunications cables and international law.