The Hague, Netherlands

The Hague: Submarine Cable Landing Point

The Hague is located on the western coast of the Netherlands, facing the North Sea, in the province of South Holland. As a North Sea coastal city, it provides direct access to the subsea cable corridor that connects the Netherlands with its northern European neighbours. Two submarine cables land at The Hague, both belonging to the IOEMA system, linking the Netherlands to Denmark, Germany, Norway, and the United Kingdom.

Both cables at this landing point operate within the North Sea and broader northern European regional corridor. The connectivity enabled here is primarily intra-European, spanning the North Sea basin between five countries. With two cables sharing the same multi-country route set, The Hague functions as a dedicated node within this specific cable system rather than a diversified multi-system hub.

Cables Landing at The Hague

IOEMA is a submarine cable with a length of 1,620 km, currently in draft status with a scheduled ready-for-service year of 2028. In addition to The Hague in the Netherlands, IOEMA connects landing points in Denmark, Germany, Norway, and the United Kingdom, forming a North Sea ring or multi-branch system across five countries.

IOEMA-1 is a companion cable to IOEMA, also in draft status, with no confirmed length or RFS date recorded at this time. It connects the same five countries: Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, and the United Kingdom. As a distinct cable within the same system, IOEMA-1 adds a measure of route diversity to the corridor served by The Hague landing point.

Regional Context

The Netherlands hosts 11 submarine cables across eight landing points. The Hague, with two cables, ranks in the upper half of Dutch landing points by cable count, sitting alongside Domburg and Ijmuiden, which also each host two cables. The most cable-dense Dutch landing points are Eemshaven and Zandvoort, each with three cables, while Beverwijk and Callantsoog each host a single cable.

Network Role

The Hague's two cables - both part of the IOEMA system - position this landing point as a dedicated terminus within a North Sea corridor connecting the Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, Norway, and the United Kingdom. Rather than a multi-system hub serving diverse cable operators, The Hague concentrates its subsea connectivity around a single cable system with two discrete cable variants, both still in the draft phase ahead of their anticipated 2028 deployment.

Within the broader Dutch submarine cable graph, The Hague contributes to the geographic spread of landing infrastructure along the Netherlands' North Sea coastline, adding a southern coastal node to a national network that already extends from Eemshaven in the north to Domburg in the southwest. Its role in the IOEMA system places it on a route that spans five North Sea nations, reinforcing the Netherlands' position as a well-connected point of presence in northern European subsea infrastructure.