TAT-8 Transoceanic Fibreoptic Cable Recovery and Recycling
Sector: Metal • Location: Leixões, Portugal
Source: WIRED Middle East
TAT-8 was the first transoceanic fibreoptic cable system across the Atlantic, operational from 1988 to 2002. It is currently being pulled up from the seabed and sent for recycling by Subsea Environmental Services, a company specializing in cable recovery and recycling. The operation involves a diesel-electric cable-recovery vessel, the MV Maasvliet, which docks in the Portuguese port of Leixões to
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- Under Construction
- Sector
- Metal, Chemical (Industrial), Steel, Telecommunications, Manufacturing (Industrial), Broadband
- Location
- Leixões, Portugal
- Updated
- 22 Jul 2026
- Source
- WIRED Middle East
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Original status | under decommissioning and recycling |
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Taiyo last update | 2026-07-22 |
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Description | TAT-8 was the first transoceanic fibreoptic cable system across the Atlantic, operational from 1988 to 2002. It is currently being pulled up from the seabed and sent for recycling by Subsea Environmental Services, a company specializing in cable recovery and recycling. The operation involves a diesel-electric cable-recovery vessel, the MV Maasvliet, which docks in the Portuguese port of Leixões to offload recovered cable. The recovered cable is then transported to South Africa for further processing and recycling of materials such as steel, copper, and polyethylene. |
Original sector | Telecommunications |
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Country | Portugal |
City | Leixões |
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Source | WIRED Middle East |
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Record type | Project |
Sector | Metal, Chemical (Industrial), Steel, Telecommunications, Manufacturing (Industrial), Broadband |
Article published date | 2026-05-15 |
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