Introduction
There's nothing amusing about an undersea cable break. With downtime and restoration costs running as much as $10 million a day, faults have to be located and repaired swiftly. This requires experience, expertise and state of the art vehicles, all of which are standard in the ACMA!
By joining ACMA - the Atlantic Cable Maintenance Repair Agreement - you'll save both time and money on cable maintenance.
Founded in 1965, ACMA is run as a purchasing consortium, acting purely in the interests of its members. The entire ACMA maintenance operation - ships, ROVs, technical specialists - is under independent contract to dedicated third-party service providers. However, although the fleet is independent, its facilities are dedicated to the sole use of the ACMA members.
With no pressure to show a profit on such activities, ACMA is a genuinely cooperative organisation which can concentrate solely on the interests of its members.
As the fleet is operated by an independent management team (with formal performance indicators, such as cable loading and jointing times) ACMA members also benefit from improved quality and greater efficiency. Together, we can all make significant savings on cable maintenance, then pass these savings on as reduced costs to our customers.
ACMA Contracted Fleet
The ACMA contracted fleet is the largest in the business, consisting of three ships, one of them at the Atlantic East side (Brest), other at the Atlantic west side (Curaçao) and the last one shared during 6 months at the Atlantic East side (Portland, U.K.) and for the other 6 months at the Atlantic West side (Bermuda).
ACMA Companies
By joining ACMA, you'll be in good company. Based on both sides of the Atlantic, both north and south, our members demand excellence at every step, and know a good business opportunity when they see one. These are members who are already enjoying the most cost effective wet maintenance solution. Come join us, you will be glad you did!