Boskalis will invest in a new high-capacity cable-laying vessel (CLV) targeting the offshore wind and interconnector markets, the company said on May 18. According to the company, the vessel is designed to support growing demand for long-distance cable installation, particularly for high-voltage dir
Norway’s Ulstein Verft has delivered the cable-laying vessel (CLV) Nexans Electra to French cable systems designer and manufacturer Nexans, purpose‑built for the transport, laying, protection, repair and jointing of subsea power cables. Nexans Electra was ordered as the second vessel by Nexans at No
A UAE-headquartered offshore survey and positioning data provider has completed a survey campaign supporting the subsea cable installation work for a project that will link Saudi Arabia’s Farasan Island to the country’s main electrical grid. Sharjah-based Geosonic performed the offshore survey campa
Belgium-headquartered GeoXYZ has been appointed to carry out unexploded ordnance (UXO) investigation and geotechnical surveys for a proposed HVDC subsea electricity interconnector that will link Northern Ireland and Scotland, with the work set to begin this month. The LirIC interconnector project wi
Carnegie Clean Energy and its supply chain partners have completed the fabrication and manufacture of many key components of the scaled CETO wave energy unit to be deployed at Biscay Marine Energy Platform (BiMEP) as part of the ACHIEVE Programme, with the final component fabrication work packages u
Fugro is set to deploy its geophysical vessel in a couple of days to carry out a maintenance survey of an interconnector between France and the UK that has been operating since 1986. The 2 GW IFA 2000 high voltage direct current (HVDC) electrical interconnector is approximately 70 kilometers long, w
South Korea’s Taihan Cable & Solution has acquired a 2016-built cable laying vessel (CLV) from Norwegian DOF Group, representing the second offshore wind-dedicated CLV introduced in Korea. The 10,000-ton class Skandi Connector was designed by Dutch shipbuilder Damen and has to date been deployed on
Preparation work is underway in Danish waters to replace an outdated submarine cable that connects Denmark and Sweden, passing across Øresund. Swedish and Danish transmission system operators (TSOs) Kraftnät and Energinet own and operate four Øresund links that connect Zealand and southern Sweden vi
Norway-headquartered Red Rock has completed the commissioning and harbour acceptance testing (HAT) for the crane systems onboard Nexans’ new cable-laying vessel (CLV) Nexans Electra. Besides the crane delivery, Red Rock also supplied two work baskets with a common HPU solution for the vessel. Nexans
Underwater acoustic monitoring equipment has been deployed off Scotland’s east coast as part of a two-year study aimed at improving the understanding of minke whale activity in areas being considered for offshore wind farms’ export cable routes. The work, led by the Scottish Association for Marine S
Dutch cable manufacturer TKF has secured a contract from Vattenfall and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) for the supply of inter-array cables for the first phase of the Zeevonk offshore wind project in the Netherlands. Back in 2023, Vattenfall and TKF signed a multi-year framework agreement
SPIE Global Services Energy has been awarded a contract by Seaway7 to deliver inter-array cable termination and testing works for the Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 offshore wind farms in Poland. The work will be carried out by SPIE Wind Connect, the group’s specialist high-voltage wind power business unit
Jan De Nul has completed the installation of two export cables for the Fengmiao 1 offshore wind farm, being built by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) 35 kilometers off the coast of Taichung, Taiwan. The two high-voltage subsea cables, measuring 45 kilometers and 44 kilometers, have been inst
UK-based JDR Cable Systems, part of TFKable Group, has secured a contract with Australian independent operator Amplitude Energy for the supply of subsea control umbilicals. JDR will supply approximately 18 kilometers of hydraulic control umbilicals, with options for a further 13 kilometers, subject
