Helix Energy Solutions multi-role construction support vessel (MSV) Grand Canyon III is progressing on the North Sea Link project scope of work. The North Sea Link, a joint venture project between National Grid and Norwegian system operator Statnett, is a subsea electricity cable that will connect t
Fugro is set to deploy metocean equipment to support the planning of the export cable laying operations at the Sofia offshore wind project in August. Diving support vessel Curtis Marshall will be used for the work scheduled to begin on or around 3 August. The equipment will be deployed for a period
The hull of Prysmian’s new cable laying vessel (CLV) Leonardo da Vinci is fully completed, including the entire superstructure and the launching ceremony, according to the company’s social media post on 28 July. Leonardo da Vinci, built in Vard’s shipyard in Tulcea in Romania, will now be towed to V
Google has announced a new subsea cable – Grace Hopper – running between the United States, the United Kingdom and Spain. Grace Hopper joins Google’s other private subsea cables, Curie, Dunant and Equiano to connect far-flung continents along the ocean floor. The Grace Hopper cable will also be one
Blue Offshore’s double basket carrousel barge, CC Atlantique, has arrived in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, carrying more than 8000 tonnes of high voltage cable for the connection of TenneT’s Hollandse Kust (zuid) Alpha Platform to the onshore grid. According to the company, this represents cable trans
The boulder picking operations have begun at the export cable route of the Moray East offshore wind project in Scotland. The boulder picking work started on 24 July using Olympic Triton, while the export cable laying and trenching operations are set to begin circa 28 July. NKT Victoria will be layin
The Republic of Cyprus has recently issued the final building permit for EuroAsia Interconnector between Israel, Cyprus and Greece (Crete). Specifically, the relevant permit provides the green light for the construction of the HVDC converter station in Cyprus. In March this year, EuroAsia Interconne
Subsea cables, laid on the seafloor to carry telecommunication signals across ocean and sea, represent the critical internet infrastructure. Like all other markets the subsea cables market has felt the impact of the ongoing pandemic of Covid-19, which has in the last couple of months reshaped our li
NKT has landed a €235-million contract from SSEN Transmission to deliver and install an interconnector to the Shetland HVDC Link project. The turnkey order comprises the manufacturing of approximately 2×260 kilometres of 320 kV high-voltage DC on-and-offshore power cables. It also includes installat
Energy regulator Ofgem has approved the 600MW HVDC subsea transmission link connecting Shetland to the Scottish mainland. The link, advanced by SSEN Transmission, will facilitate the connection of renewable electricity developments on Shetland. This includes SSE Renewables’ 443 MW Viking wind farm w
Marine survey for the NO-UK submarine fibre cable between Newcastle and Stavanger is now underway. The vessel Fugro Galaxy has started survey operations in the North Sea. The survey will gather the sea-bed data required to finalise the marine route and selection of the appropriate cable types. This
Ireland-Wales Greenlink Interconnector has secured a planning consent from the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority for a portion of the project’s onshore works in Wales. This marks the first step in a series of planning consents required for the 200-kilometre subsea and underground electrici
Crosslake Fibre has started its newest subsea cable project, CrossChannel Fibre, a 550km cable to be built across the English Channel. The cable will connect Slough, United Kingdom and Paris, France. This new subsea cable is designed to support the increase in bandwidth requirements from telecoms, e
Balmoral, a provider of cable protection systems (CPS) for inter array and export cables for fixed and floating offshore wind installations, has created an integrated CPS the company reports is unique. The Discovery Unit, a combination of product R&D, materials and testing specialists, created the i
