Protection Measures Initiated for Aurora and Shefa-2 Subsea Cable Crossing
A segment of the Aurora cable will be covered with Uraduct to prevent damage to the Shefa-2 cable near Shetland. The installation aims to enhance cable protection, addressing previous outages affecting broadband services in the region.
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A 56-meter section of the Aurora fibre optic cable, spanning nearly 4,500 miles from New Jersey to Denmark, will be fitted with Uraduct for protection against the Shefa-2 cable. This preventative measure follows multiple outages of the Shefa-2 cable in 2025, impacting hundreds of users in the Shetland area.
The installation, managed by Environment Resources Management (ERM), is set to begin in February 2027 and conclude in December of that year. Additional rock protections will be implemented where the Aurora cable intersects with the HVDC interconnector and the SIRGE link. The previous outages of the Shefa-2 cable were attributed to a fishing vessel and adverse weather conditions, highlighting the need for these protective measures.
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