Novacavi has launched a selection of subsea and marine cables suitable for a wide variety of underwater technologies, named Aquancable. A long-term expertise in custom cable design and manufacturing for underwater technologies, led Novacavi to identify and come up with a selection of subsea and mari
UK clean energy technology innovator Enertechnos said it has raised £5 million in a Series A funding round. The round secured further 30 per cent backing by existing investors. The remainder were provided by individual investors, including energy and engineering specialists alongside former cabinet
Denmark’s energy operator Energinet has selected consulting engineering group Ramboll for cable route survey as part of the KBH02 ‘København02’ project. The city development of the Danish capital, Copenhagen, is expanding offshore with the aim to create artificial islands for housing and commercial
Nexans has completed the repair of a 95 kilometre subsea high voltage cable linking Malta with Sicily. The Interconnector cable suffered a damage at the end of 2019 by a ship anchor. Nexans mobilized its IMR team to help Enemalta find the damage location and confirm the nature of the fault. In the f
EDS HV Group has completed the termination and testing of the export cables at the SeaMade offshore wind farm in Belgium. The first phase of the work was completed at the Mermaid concession 54 kilometers off the coast on behalf of Hellenic Cables. EDS HV said it had secured the contract prior to the
Subsea assets specialist Motive Offshore has increased turnover by 115 per cent in 18 months, boosted by its fabrication services. The company expanded its Aberdeenshire HQ fabrication activity and also rolled out across a number of key UK ports. This includes Peterhead, Aberdeen, Montrose and Blyth
Oceaneering International Services Ltd (OISL) is about to start clearing the inter-array cable routes at the Moray East site. According to a Notice of Operations, boulder clearance at the export cable routes should finish on 12 May. Immediately after that, the same work at the inter-array routes is
The Covid-19 pandemic could see demand for umbilicals fall by 32 per cent this year, Rystad Energy impact analysis reveals. According to Rystad, expected demand could fall to just 713 kilometres of lines in 2020, from 1,041 kilometres last year. Umbilical demand will not match or exceed 2019 levels
DOF Subsea has received a notice of early termination of a two-year charter contract for the vessel Skandi Acergy, from an international client. The notice period is 60 days, and the termination of the charter contract will be effective on 1 July 2020. DOF Subsea should receive a termination fee aft
Primo Marine has been hired by NeuConnect to assist with the Offshore Permit Application for the 1.4 GW interconnector between Germany and the United Kingdom. The scope entails work like assistance to the Marine Permit Application, Route Engineering, Burial Assessment, Seabed Mobility Studies and Ma
GC Rieber Shipping has agreed with Nexans to extend the charter of the construction support vessel (CSV) Polar King. The extension is valid for additional two months, making the charter firm until September 2020. The extended period is in direct continuation of the ongoing charter, which started in
Danish transmission system operator Energinet is seeking client representatives for the 1400 MW Viking Link interconnector project. Viking Link is a joint project of Energinet and the UK’s National Grid Viking Link Limited. The tender calls for consultants working onboard the cable-laying vessels as
Swan Hunter has delivered a full project management, design engineering, and mobilisation support package for Oceanteam. This allowed Oceanteam Solutions to execute a cable transpooling job with its cable transportation and handling barge. Swan Hunter designed a fully flexible deck layout allowing c
Dutch subsea and survey specialist Fugro said it will reduce its workforce by up to 10 per cent due to challenging market situation. The company posted loss before interest and taxes of €26 million for the first quarter 2020, against loss of €19 million in Q1 2019. Fugro recently announced a program
