Eemshaven, Netherlands

Eemshaven, Netherlands is a submarine cable landing point in Netherlands (coordinates 53.4428°, 6.8160°). It serves 3 submarine cable systems, making it a multi-cable landing site in Netherlands's international connectivity infrastructure.

Eemshaven is a seaport in the province of Groningen in the north of the Netherlands. In 1968, the Dutch government declared the Ems estuary (Eemsmond) to be an economic key region. One of the key developments for the region was the construction of a seaport called Eemshaven. The port was officially opened by Queen Juliana in 1973. Industry and shipping were slow to develop at the site. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Operators landing at Eemshaven, Netherlands

Cables landing at Eemshaven, Netherlands are operated by 2 distinct consortium partners and carriers, including IOEMA Fibre, Relined. Each cable is typically jointly owned by a consortium of tier-one carriers and hyperscale operators who share construction costs and capacity; the operator mix reflects both regional incumbents and global players with interest in the routes served by this landing point.

Connectivity profile

From Eemshaven, Netherlands, international traffic can reach 5 countries through 3 cable systems. Destinations include Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, United Kingdom.

Monitoring status

GeoCables recorded 4 monitoring events on cables serving Eemshaven, Netherlands in the past 90 days. Our monitoring network continuously samples latency from external probes to targets reachable via these cables.

About the cables

• IOEMA (2028) — IOEMA is a regional submarine cable serving 5 countries: Denmark, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Norway, Germany. With landing points at Blaabjerg, Broadstairs, Domburg, Eemshaven, Houstrup, and 5 more, it strengthens regional internet resilience and provides route diversity — crucial when nearby cables experience faults. Read more →
• COBRAcable (2019) — COBRAcable is one of the more unusual entries in our monitoring set. Most submarine cables we track were built to move data — Google and Meta and Microsoft paid billions for glass fiber under the ocean so that web requests could bounce between continents a few milliseconds faster. COBRAcable was built to move electricity. Read more →
• IOEMA-1 — IOEMA-1 is a regional submarine cable serving 5 countries: Denmark, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Norway, Germany. With landing points at Blaabjerg, Dumpton Gap, Eemshaven, Kristiansand, Leiston, and 2 more, it strengthens regional internet resilience and provides route diversity — crucial when nearby cables experience faults. Read more →

Submarine cable data from TeleGeography. Geographic context from Wikipedia. Monitoring metrics updated continuously by GeoCables.