Jan De Nul and Samsung C&T consortium has secured a contract, regarded as the biggest cable installation contract in Jan De Nul’s history, to deliver an HVDC cable and convertors package for the $3.6 billion ADNOC-TAQA Lightning Project.
Hitachi Energy has won a major contract for what is said to be the first-of-its-kind high-voltage, direct current (HVDC-VSC) subsea power transmission system in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. As part of the order from Samsung C&T Corporation, Hitachi will connect ADNOC’s offshore op
The market for offshore wind farm cables is set to grow six-fold over the course of this decade, according to a new report published by RenewableUK. The global market for subsea power cables is divided between array cables which run between the turbines of an offshore wind farm connecting them to th
Mermaid Maritime Limited (MML) has secured multiple contracts in Thailand, Angola and Saudi Arabia with a combined value of approximately $120 million.
Subsea 7 has secured an engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) contract with an undisclosed client in the Middle East.
Offshore Energy continues with its new In focus weekly feature, spotlighting the latest energy transition developments, after our first edition went online on 16 April. Following last week’s news on the U.S. oil giant Chevron’s entrance into the offshore wind market and note that the company has not
Marine and engineering consultancy LOC Group has won a contract with South Korean LS Cable & System, for the installation of subsea electricity supply cables between Bahrain and Hawar Island. The project will see the installation of three 25-kilometre cables to provide electricity from the main isla
Subsea protection specialist Tekmar has recently secured a number of contracts with an aggregate value of over £6 million due for delivery in 2021 financial year. During August, Tekmar Energy and Pipeshield International won multiple contracts to supply subsea asset protection and stabilisation tech
Fugro has begun its shallow water campaign for the 2Africa subsea fibre-optic cable project. Once installed, it will connect 23 countries in Africa, the Middle East and Europe and deliver more than the total combined capacity of all subsea data cables serving Africa today. Fugro is supporting the pr
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
Tekmar Energy has secured a short turnaround contract to supply its TekDuct cable protection system to the Middle East. Tekmar’s Newton Aycliffe facility in the UK should manufacture and dispatch the product within 5 weeks. The company also recently supplied Seaway 7 with TekLink cable protection sy
Asia-Africa-Europe-1 Consortium (AAE-1) has upgraded its subsea network connecting East Asia to Europe via Egypt with Infinera. AAE-1 has proved to be vital infrastructure in the Eurasia corridor, and even more so recently, providing connectivity, diversity, and resilience between European, Asian, a
China Mobile International, Facebook, MTN Global Connect, Orange, stc, Telecom Egypt, Vodafone and WIOCC are teaming up to build 2Africa subsea cable that will connect 23 countries in Africa, the Middle East and Europe. The parties have appointed Alcatel Submarine Networks to build the cable in a fu
Emergent has appointed Batelco and du joint venture Arc as the lead consultant for the Orient Express submarine cable. Arc will provide consultancy services related to network configuration, tendering, supply contract negotiation and documentation, as well as overall project management for the Orien
