In this double pager, we'll bullet point some of UltramapGlobal's most important messages from 2025.
Surety. An Important Theme for 2025.
The UltramapGlobal team looks after many of the world’s most important subsea assets. Every second. Every minute. Every day of every year. The team is consistently watching for threats, and intervening.
“It’s important to know whether you’re in the business of assurance or insurance when you are in a business that looks after people.” Explains Martin.
“Are you there to stop bad things happening? That’s assurance. Or are you there to manage the fallout of bad things happening? That’s insurance. For UltramapGlobal – it’s the former.”
“UltramapGlobal is a ‘no if’s and no but’s’ business. We don’t want to have conversations about why we failed. We have to deliver. It’s about surety. That’s our mindset.”
Being World Number One Brings Pressure.
UltramapGlobal’s AssetMonitor software has been the world’s most used subsea cable monitoring software some years now.
“It took us over a decade to reach a point where we lead the category. And now that we do, consistency will be a very big part of why we should stay here.
“Getting here is one thing. Staying here, particularly as new alternatives enter the market, is a different challenge altogether.”
Spreading the Word.
UltramapGlobal’s Martin Connelly, and Mychael Owen lectured at Sunderland’s National Space Academy in early 2025.
“We spoke to four groups. They were interested in what we do. And how our North East headquartered business had gone from a standing start 16 years ago, to the world’s most used. Sharing our story was great.”
UltramapGlobal in Numbers.
We paused in 2025. And ran some numbers.
100,000,000,000 – UltramapGlobal monitor over 100 billion dollars’ worth of assets around the world.
2,000,000,000 – UltramapGlobal has tracked over 2 billion vessel movements around the world.
100,000,000 – UltramapGlobal monitor 100 million vessel movements around the world. Every. Single. Day.
500,000 – UltramapGlobal monitor over 500 thousand kilometres of cables.
0.001 – Protection from UltramapGlobal can cost 1/1000th of 1 percent of the cost of one single strike.
100 – Every UltramapGlobal customer (100 percent) sees fewer cable strikes once UltramapGlobal protection is in place.
60 – Over half UltramapGlobal customers (60 percent) have zero cable strikes. None at all.
Responsible Travel is Always a Challenge!
“This bit sounds great. Over the years, we’ve travelled to Canada, Faroe Islands, Singapore, Boston, Baltimore, Thailand, Uruguay, Mauritius, Spain, Hawaii – and more.
“Mostly for exhibitions. Sometimes to see customers. But always responsibly. Balancing environmental impact with what’s best for client relationships. Sometimes – you just have to be there.”
What our New 2025 Partnership Means.
Continuity of leadership and service. The same founders and team that customers know will offer support every day.
Stronger products and innovation. Abingdon’s support allows us to accelerate development, add new features to our AssetMonitor software, and push the boundaries of subsea monitoring.
Long-term security. With a permanent home inside Abingdon, our customers can count on UltramapGlobal being here for the long run.
Global growth. With new resources, we are expanding our international presence and positive effect.
Have a great Christmas 2025 everybody, and a great 2026. From UltramapGlobal’s headquarters in the North East of England, and from our monitoring teams around the world.
Please visit us at www.ultramapglobal.com anytime.