Chinese company SB Submarine Systems (SBSS) has recently completed cable loading onboard its vessel Bold Maverick in Changshu, China. The 2001-built ship is now en route to the Philippines to perform cable installation works. This work will continue with a passage to the Mediterranean Sea where the
Subsea power interconnection project between the island of Crete and mainland Greece (Attica region) has secured a €200 million loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB). IPTO’s Ariadne Interconnection signed the new loan deal, which comes with an option of extending the funding by additional €10
Cenergy Holdings subsidiary Hellenic Cables has won a contract from Denmark’s transmission system operator Energinet for the KBH02 ‘København02’ project. The deal will see the complete supply of a 145 kV cable system connecting Amager Power Plant to Svanemølle substation in Denmark. Hellenic Cables
Newbuild cable layer Nexans Aurora is getting prepped to enter service with the next generation in boat-handling systems from the Bergen-based Vestdavit. Now in the final stages of construction at Norwegian shipyard Ulstein Verft, by design, the Nexans Aurora can work in harsh-environment conditions
Cyprus, Israel and Greece on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in relation to the EuroAsia Interconnector project. The EuroAsia Interconnector is a multi-terminal VSC-HVDC scheme which will connect Israel, Cyprus and Greece (Crete), and will comprise converter stations with
UK-based First Subsea has designed and delivered cable protection system for Mantoudi Skiathos Interconnection project. The Interconnection of Skiathos includes the installation of submarine and underground cables in Evia and Skiathos and the construction of a substation. In January last year, Greek
Preparation works for the export cable installation for the Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind project are expected to commence in mid-March. The area where the activities will take place is the nearshore extent of the wind farm’s export cable corridor. Two jack-up vessels, Capall Mara and C57 Red Squir
NKT has signed a long-term agreement with Danish grid operator Energinet on maintenance and repair of both offshore and onshore power cables in Denmark. The contract, which will run for eight years, includes services and repairs of XLPE, mass impregnated (MI) and oil filled power cable systems with
Global Offshore has laid all of the inter-array cables at Vattenfall’s Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm in the Danish Baltic Sea. Using the cable lay vessel Normand Clipper, Global Offshore has now installed all 72 inter-array cables at the 605 MW wind farm. This is an interim milestone on the proje
Ireland-Wales Greenlink electricity interconnector has secured consent for a marine licence from Natural Resources Wales (NRW). The marine licence covers installation of the marine cable in UK waters. Greenlink said the approval by NRW is a major milestone and joins the onshore planning consents gra
Denmark’s energy operator Energinet has selected Dutch subsea service provider N-Sea for geological and geophysical consultancy services as part of the KBH02 ‘København02’ project. The scope of KBH02 project services includes offshore investigations of: potential UXOs; marine archaeological objects;
Global Offshore has signed a multi-year cable maintenance and management framework agreement with Equinor for its offshore wind farms. Global Offshore will as the primary contractor supply cable management services and perform associated call-off services, comprising active cable maintenance as well
Aberdeen-based Rotech Subsea said it has landed a major US offshore wind inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) contract on the United States’ Eastern Seaboard. The US contract, which is Rotech Subsea’s first in the country since its return to the sector, saw the subsea, trenching and excavation p
Swedish Trelleborg has signed an agreement and finalized the divestment of its offshore operation in Skelmersdale, England.
