The Marinus Link electricity and telecommunications interconnector to be built in Australia has secured the country’s first offshore transmission license, representing the final Commonwealth approval leading into construction. Marinus Link, which will connect North West Tasmania and Victoria’s Latro
China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI) has started the construction of the first of two Asso.subsea’s trenching support vessels (TSV), described as the most powerful TSV ever built. Asso.subsea reported on September 23 that the steel-cutting ceremony was held for the TSV Avra at the CMHI Shenzhen shi
Nexans has started the installation of the underground land cable for an electricity interconnector that will connect the Orkney Islands to the UK mainland for the first time. Orkney Link, developed by SSEN Transmission, will comprise a new substation being built at Finstown, approximately 14 kilome
Netherlands-headquartered Subsea Cable Assets (SCA) has won its first contract with Saipem for cable transportation and transpooling services in the Caspian region, valued at approximately $20 million. Under the contract secured with Saipem Contracting Netherlands BV, SCA will provide engineering, s
DeepOcean and the controlling entity of TFKable Group are planning to establish a joint venture (JV) that will provide integrated engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) services for inter-array cable projects in offshore wind, as well as a newbuild, dedicated inter-array cabl
Jan De Nul is further expanding its fleet with the order of a new trenching support vessel, which will be an exact copy of its Isambard Kingdom Brunel, announced in March. With this latest order, Jan De Nul has five vessels under construction for subsea cable installation and protection, including t
WIND, a Dutch subsea cable logistics, cable recovery, and related services company, has acquired a stake in a UK-based firm providing cable testing and termination, fault-finding and repair, among other things, for the offshore wind, power and wider energy sectors. WIND reported earlier this month t
A new cable-laying vessel (CLV) built in Vietnam for ATE Energy International has entered into service in Taiwan, where it will be deployed for subsea infrastructure and offshore energy projects. Oceanus 1, which arrived in Kaohsiung on September 16, was built by Pacific Shipbuilding Joint Stock Com
Mumbai-headquartered L&T Energy Hydrocarbon Offshore (LTEH Offshore), a Larsen & Toubro business, has secured an order from India’s government-owned energy company Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) for the additional development of a project off India’s west coast. LTEH Offshore’s scope covers
Danish power cable manufacturer and installation firm NKT has inaugurated its expanded medium-voltage (MV) power cable factory in Asnaes, Denmark, where production has been ongoing since 1965. The expansion works began in September 2024 and included a new production hall, new production and test fac
Azule Energy, a joint venture between Italy’s Eni and the UK’s BP, has awarded SLB OneSubsea with a contract for the supply of controls umbilicals for a project offshore Angola. The West Hub Tails project, part of the Integrated West Hub (IWH) development in Block 15/06, includes the redirection of
The first fully operational, pre-permitted and grid-connected wave energy test facility in the continental U.S. has opened for business. Officially opened on August 27, PacWave South is located off the coast of Newport, Oregon, and has been developed through the collaboration of the U.S. Department
Norway’s energy company Equinor has awarded Proserv with a contract for the deployment of cable monitoring technology at the 402 MW Dudgeon offshore wind farm in the UK. Proserv’s ECG Business Unit will deploy its advanced monitoring technology to provide continuous visibility of cable and terminati
XOCEAN has been tasked with performing geophysical survey operations, starting this month, for the 2,200 MW Western HVDC Link cable route between Hunterston, Scotland, and the Wirral, England. XOCEAN’s uncrewed survey vessels (USVs) X-05 and X-29 will be used for the geophysical inspection survey of
