German offshore transmission system operator (TSO) 50Hertz has issued a tender seeking a provider of the 220 kV submarine and onshore cable system for the Ostwind 3 grid connection. The selected party will be in charge of the design, engineering, construction, installation, handling and commissionin
Equinor has selected Sweden’s MMT to carry out the 2021 export cable route surveys for the Beacon Wind wind farm offshore Massachusetts, U.S. The project is led by MMT’s team based in Providence – MMT US Inc. Having commenced in April to complete in July, MMT, the Ocean Infinity company, is conducti
The Danish Environmental and Food Appeals Board has ruled to repeal the permit for the onshore part of the Baltic Pipe gas pipeline, which the Danish Environmental Protection Agency granted back in July 2019. According to the appeals board, the permit from the Environmental Protection Agency did not
Offshore installation work is set to start this month on a new offshore wind farm to be built off the Scottish coast, for which one of Saipem’s crane vessels and Prysmian’s cable laying vessels will soon mobilise. The DP2 heavy lift vessel S3000 is currently in the Port of Schiedam and will be mobil
Transmission system operator TenneT has issued a notice for a turnkey contract covering the cable system needed to connect the BorWin6 offshore platform to the German grid. With the 930 MW BorWin6 project, TenneT is planning a direct current connection in the North Sea Cluster 7. Scheduled to be com
Siem Offshore has secured a contract for its multi-purpose support vessel (MPSV) Siem Dorado offshore Guyana. The work scope, on behalf of charterers, will consist of fibre optic cable lay, support and hook-up. The deal includes a 55 days firm contract, plus options, in addition to mobilization and
Hellenic Cables has completed the installation of the subsea cable for the Skiathos-Mantoudi interconnection in Greece. The Greek island of Skiathos is now connected to the mainland in Evia via a 30 kilometer 150 kV submarine cable system. In January last year, Greek TSO ADMIE awarded the cabling co
Nexans has taken delivery of its newbuild DP3 cable laying vessel (CLV) Nexans Aurora from Ulstein Verft. Nexans Aurora will be named in a ceremony in Ulsteinvik on 8 June, before leaving for its homeport Halden and Nexans’ subsea high voltage cables competence center. The vessel is delivered on tim
Litgrid and PSE have approved the final investment decisions on the implementation phase of the Harmony Link interconnector, a submarine power cable line between Poland and Lithuania.
NKT has welcomed the launch of the NordLink interconnector, having completed the German section of the power cable system linking the German and Norwegian power grids.
Kraken Robotics has come on board the LifeMoor project, an industry collaboration initiative that aims to extend the lifetime of subsea mooring chains.
TenneT, Statnett and KfW have officially commissioned the 1,400 MW NordLink interconnector between Norway and Germany. Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel and Norway’s Prime Minister Erna Solberg launched the NordLink submarine cable today, 27 May. The so-called ‘Green Cable’ will facilitate the exch
DNV and South Korean LS Cable & System have signed a non-exclusive Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to target emerging subsea cabling opportunities in the offshore wind industry. DNV and LS Cable & System will cooperate in identifying and reducing risk early in the cable manufacturing process, impr
SB Submarine Systems’ (SBSS) cable installation barge Fu Yong 6 has completed the installation of the export cable at the Changle Area C offshore wind site in China. Fu Yong 6 carried out the installation of 38.9 kilometers of cable with burial of three meters at the site located off the coast of th
