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16 Wire & Cable ASIA – November/December 2016
Industrynews
MAKAI Ocean Engineering Inc has made multiple new
sales of its popular software for route engineering,
installation planning, and real-time lay control of subsea
cables.
“We are pleased to announce multiple sales of
MakaiPlan, MakaiPlan Pro, and MakaiLay to existing
and new customers,” said Dr Venkata Jasti, Makai’s
manager of submarine cable systems.
“We’ve worked hard on improving the functionality and
user-friendliness of Makai’s software suite, especially
for subsea power cables.
“Helping our customers succeed in their route
engineering, installation planning, and at-sea cable
laying operations is what drives us.”
Makai’s recent sales include:
• CSCC – China Submarine Cable Construction Co
bought a licence for MakaiLay
• KCS – Kokusai Cable Ship Co Ltd (Japan) bought
MakaiPlan Pro
• GD – General Dynamics (USA) bought an additional
MakaiPlan Pro
• ALDA Marine (France) purchased three additional
MakaiPlan licences
Unlike other GIS software, Makai provides clients with a
comprehensive set of software tools and training that
span the entire cable project, from inception to
installation.
MakaiPlan has sold over 300 licences over the last 14
years. MakaiPlan Pro is powerful and precise 3D,
dynamic simulation software used to identify installation
risks and prepare a detailed installation plan before ever
going to sea.
MakaiLay is advanced subsea cable installation
software that enables users to lay submarine cables
with the highest level of accuracy, speed, safety and
reliability, dramatically reducing the risk of cable
failures.
The software has been rigorously tested and validated,
and has been used by over 75 per cent of the global
fleet of cable ships on countless commercial lays and
military installations to successfully install well over
400,000km of cable worldwide.
Established in 1973 in Hawaii, Makai Ocean Engieering
Inc has been developing submarine cable installation
software since 1983.
Makai Ocean Engineering Inc – USA
Website:
Cable route planning and installation
software increase in sales
❍ A screenshot of MakaiPlan being used for a cable route engineering
study, showing a cable route near Maui, Hawaii
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