Global Underwater Hub (GUH) has launched a new initiative to tackle subsea cable reliability, a critical factor in offshore wind development, as the UK pushes to meet its clean energy targets. The industry body, representing the UK’s £9.2 billion (around $11,3 billion) underwater sector, has publish
Van Oord’s ten-year-old cable laying vessel (CLV) Nexus has been equipped with advanced selective catalytic reduction (SCR) systems said to reduce 80% of nitrogen (NOx) emissions. Damen Shipyards Group, who built the cable layer ten years ago, installed five SCR units on the Nexus, one for each engi
Italian cabling company Prysmian Group has kicked off the offshore installation activities for an interconnector that will link Sicily to Sardinia and to the Italian peninsula. The €3.7 billion Tyrrhenian Link, developed by Italy’s transmission system operator (TSO) Terna, will connect Sicily with S
Holland Shipyard Group has delivered a cable recovery vessel to compatriot shipping company Hudig & Veder which will be chartered to retrieve and recycle subsea cables. The cable recovery vessel Maasvliet is the first of five CIP3800 vessels that will be delivered for Hudig & Veder, with the first t
Seaway7, part of the Subsea7 Group, has awarded Houston-headquartered Helix Robotics Solutions a contract for the burial of inter-array cables at the Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm site in the UK. The contract is expected to last over 300 days and is scheduled to commence in the third quarter of 2026.
Prysmian’s new cable laying vessel (CLV) Monna Lisa has joined the fleet of the Italian cabling giant, following the completion of its sea trials. The keel-laying ceremony for the CLV, a sister vessel to Leonardo da Vinci, was held in Tulcea, Romania, in April 2023 to mark the start of construction,
InterConnect Malta, owned by the Maltese government, has issued three new tenders for the second electrical interconnector between Malta and Italy. This comes less than a month after the project had received final approval. The IC2 interconnector will consist of a new ~122-kilometer-long 225 MW HVAC
The Greenlink interconnector linking the electricity grids of Ireland and Great Britain has officially entered commercial operation, following more than three years of construction. The start of commercial operations took place on January 29 and was announced by James O’Reilly, Chief Executive Offic
Vattenfall and BASF have signed contracts with EEW Special Pipe Constructions (EEW SPC) and CS Wind Offshore for component supply and with DEME and Jan De Nul for installation services for the Nordlicht 1 and Nordlicht 2 offshore wind farms in Germany. Germany’s EEW SPC will manufacture 112 monopile
Greece’s Asso.subsea has signed the shipbuilding contract for the construction of its new DP-2 cable-laying vessel (CLV), set to be built in China. The cable layer named Althea will be built at the China Merchants Heavy Industry shipyard, at Mazhou Island in Shenzen, with delivery set for the second
Tekmar Group has been awarded a contract for the delivery of its cable protection system (CPS) and associated ancillaries for a UK-based offshore wind project. The contract is valued in the region of £5 million (approximately €6 million). The UK-based company will be responsible for the design and s
Ulstein Design & Solutions has secured what it says is its largest-ever aftermarket design contract for a cable-laying vessel (CLV), owned by the Taiwanese Dong Fang Offshore (DFO). The contract for the Orient Adventurer, previously known as Polar Onyx, includes both basic design and engineering pro
Prysmian has informed local authorities in Somerset, Massachusetts, about the company’s decision not to move forward with the factory for offshore wind power cables that was planned to be built at Brayton Point on a site that previously housed a coal-fired power plant which was shut down in 2017. Ac
China’s first dedicated long-range heavy subsea cable transport barge has completed its inaugural mission at an offshore wind project and will undergo maintenance before embarking on a new mission. Chinese power cable specialist Orient Cable launched the barge named Dongfang Haigong 07 (DFHG 07) in
