A submarine low loss cable system, comprising a high voltage alternating current cable comprising a plurality of cable cores , each core comprising: - a central, electrical conductor , - a first, electrically insulating layer arranged radially outside of the electrical conductor , - a second, electrically conducting layer arranged radially outside of the first layer , and - a third layer arranged radially outside of the second layer , - a first section of cable is connected to a second section of cable at a connection point (CP), said first section being arranged to be exposed to a landfall area and said second section being arranged to be exposed to a submarine area, CHARACTERIZED IN THAT : - at which connection point (CP) the second layers of each core are electrically connected to each other, and wherein at a distal end of first section of cable , the second layers are terminated as an open ended termination wherein the second layers of the cores of the cable are single end bonded in the first section by effectively reducing the electric potential in the second layers to zero at the connection point (CP), and providing the second layers with an open ended termination at the distal end of the first section of the cable, thus leaving an open circuit, the electric potential of the second layers being effectively reduced to zero by electrically connecting the second layers of each core to each other at or immediately adjacent to the connection point (CP), wherein electrically connecting the second layers of each core to each other being performed with: - in said second section , the third layer of each core comprising alternating first and second segments , wherein first segment is made of an electrically insulating material and wherein second segment is made of an electrically semiconducting material, which semiconducting segments are in electrical contact with the underlying second layer , thereby electrically connecting the second layers through the third layer's electrically semiconducting segments . - a central, electrical conductor , - a first, electrically insulating layer arranged radially outside of the electrical conductor , - a second, electrically conducting layer arranged radially outside of the first layer , and - a third layer arranged radially outside of the second layer , - a first section of cable is connected to a second section of cable at a connection point (CP), said first section being arranged to be exposed to a landfall area and said second section being arranged to be exposed to a submarine area, - at which connection point (CP) the second layers of each core are electrically connected to each other, and wherein at a distal end of first section of cable , the second layers are terminated as an open ended termination wherein the second layers of the cores of the cable are single end bonded in the first section by effectively reducing the electric potential in the second layers to zero at the connection point (CP), and providing the second layers with an open ended termination at the distal end of the first section of the cable, thus leaving an open circuit, the electric potential of the second layers being effectively reduced to zero by electrically connecting the second layers of each core to each other at or immediately adjacent to the connection point (CP), - in said second section , the third layer of each core comprising alternating first and second segments , wherein first segment is made of an electrically insulating material and wherein second segment is made of an electrically semiconducting material, which semiconducting segments are in electrical contact with the underlying second layer , thereby electrically connecting the second layers through the third layer's electrically semiconducting segments . <EOS>