NKT has signed a three-year service framework agreement with MAATS for the cable lay equipment on board cable-laying vessel (CLV) NKT Victoria. According to MAATS, NKT made a shrewd investment in the Service and Support package as it had been contracted on a number of significant and time-sensitive
Belgian transmission system operator (TSO) Elia has for the first time used an autonomous, unmanned surface vehicle (USV) to survey its offshore assets. The USV named Tupan, owned and developed by Brazilian start-up Tidewise, inspected Elia’s subsea cables to the Modular Offshore Grid (MOG) in the B
Rovco has commenced year three of its survey campaign on the operational Beatrice offshore wind farm located in the Outer Moray Firth in Scotland. Rovco’s UK-based team will deliver survey work on all inter-array cable and subsea jacket locations across the 588 MW wind farm, with activities commenci
JDR Cable Systems has reached the final grant agreement under the UK government’s Offshore Wind Manufacturing Scheme (OWMIS) on financial support for its new subsea cable manufacturing facility in Cambois, near Blyth, Northumberland. The agreement means the 69,000 sqm facility is on track to begin c
UK’s JDR Cable Systems has joined the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) and has set targets to reduce its emissions and impacts. In its announcement, JDR stated that it is very motivated about plans to grow its business and deliver more cable products and services which will bring more renewab
UK’s Swan Hunter and the Norwegian PASSER Group have agreed to merge their cable rental and logistics operations into a new company that will service the offshore energy sector. PASSER LARS (Logistics And Rental Solutions) will provide existing and new clients within the offshore energy markets with
Northumberland County Council has welcomed the approval of JDR Cable Systems’ plan to open a new subsea cable manufacturing facility in Cambois, near Blyth. JDR revealed in September 2021 that it plans to build the 69,000 sqm facility on the site of the former coal-fired power station at Cambois. I
Seagreen 1 Limited has selected Seaway 7, the Renewables & Heavy Lifting business unit of Subsea 7, as a preferred supplier for the Seagreen 1A wind project offshore Scotland, with the final contract expected to be valued between $500 million and $750 million. Seagreen 1A lies adjacent to the existi
SSE Renewables is set to mobilize the second phase of the geotechnical survey campaign at its Berwick Bank Wind Farm and the export cable route area between 15 and 20 June. The survey work is being undertaken by GEO and will be conducted from the 90-meter long Northern Ocean. The scope of work withi
N-Sea has commenced geophysical, (limited) UXO and environmental surveys within the area of the White Cross floating offshore wind project in the Celtic Sea. The activities, which began on 29 May, will see the company survey the offshore wind farm location and the project’s export cable route corrid
Vos Prodect has won a contract with JDR Cable Systems to supply the cable hang-off systems for the Arcadis Ost 1 offshore wind farm in Germany. Vos Prodect will deliver the sealed cable hang-off systems by the end of the second quarter of 2022, securing the subsea power cables to the top of the mono
Nexans has held the foundation stone laying ceremony for the expansion of its subsea cable factory in Halden, Norway. The expansion also includes a new tower that will be built to supply cables for the offshore wind market. Once finished, the new tower will be about 150 meters tall and will be the t
Titan Surveys’ Titan Discovery is set to soon kick off nearshore geophysical site investigations at the Moray West offshore wind project in Scotland. The survey will be carried out along the project’s export cable corridor at the site located on the Smith Bank in the Outer Moray Firth, off the Caith
A geotechnical survey will begin at the Codling offshore wind farm in Ireland at the beginning of June as part of the consenting process for the project. Operations are expected to commence on 6 June at the earliest and are likely to finish on 4 July, weather permitting. The works will consist of a
