Jan De Nul has contracted CRP Subsea to supply protection systems for inter-array cables at Vattenfall’s Nordlicht I offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. CRP Subsea will deliver 141 NjordGuard cable protection systems (CPS), with three NjordGuard CPS designs to be engineered to meet the speci
An investment of over GBP 30 million (around $40 million) in new facilities that will support offshore wind construction at the Port of Nigg in Scotland has received final approval by Maraen, a new integrated energy infrastructure brand launched by Mitsui & Co. Europe and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL),
The first export cable for the Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm has been laid and pulled into shore, according to an update from Ørsted on March 26. NKT, the project’s export cable supplier, began manufacturing the cables three years ago and will complete them this summer, while Jan de Nul will transpor
Norway’s Reach Subsea has appointed GeoForce Technical Services, part of Oceanscan and the wider Venterra Group, to deliver the geotechnical component of a bigger offshore survey campaign for the second 525 kV HVDC cable link between Shetland and the Scottish mainland, known as the Shetland HVDC Lin
Italian cabling giant Prysmian, as the main contractor, has completed all subsea cabling in UK waters for NeuConnect, a high-voltage submarine cable that will create the first direct energy transmission link between the UK and Germany, with its cable-laying vessel (CLV) now moving to Dutch waters. F
Norway’s transmission system operator (TSO) Statnett has awarded DOF Group with a contract defined as substantial, meaning it is worth between $25 million and $50 million, for the replacement of high-voltage subsea power cables. The scope covers partial removal of ageing subsea power cables across O
The UK energy regulator Ofgem has unveiled its shortlist of bidders under the Offshore Transmission Owner (OFTO) Tender Round 13, in which five companies and consortia will compete to own and operate the offshore electricity transmission links for the East Anglia Three, Inch Cape and Dogger Bank C o
ScottishPower, through its parent company Iberdrola, has secured £600 million (around €693 million) in financing from the National Wealth Fund to support the development of the fourth out of five subsea electricity superhighways between Scotland and England. The 2 GW Eastern Green Link 4 (EGL4) high
German transmission system operator (TSO) 50Hertz has awarded the Netherlands-headquartered Subsea Cable Assets (SCA) with a framework contract for the delivery of four cable storage carousels. SCA’s scope includes the engineering, manufacturing, delivery, installation and commissioning of four caro
The seabed clearance phase for the second electrical interconnector between Malta and Italy has begun, aiming to make the cable corridor route debris-free and safe for cable installation. Following the completion of the detailed marine route survey carried out by Italy’s Next Geosolutions (NextGeo),
Jan De Nul has appointed the Dutch company Tree C Technology to develop a training simulator for its XL cable-laying vessel (CLV) Fleeming Jenkin. Jan De Nul placed an order for Fleeming Jenkin at China’s CMHI Haimen shipyard in October 2023, followed by an order for another identical vessel, named
Japanese classification society ClassNK has issued its General Design Approval (GDA) for a cable-laying vessel (CLV) developed by Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK Line), verifying the vessel’s compliance with relevant rules at the detailed design level. NYK reported that it had, on February 13, co
Subsea7 has secured an extension to the contract with Turkish Petroleum Offshore Technology Center (TP-OTC) announced in August 2025 for the third development phase of Türkiye’s largest natural gas field. The variation order announced today, March 4, represents an extension to the contract announced
Danish power cable manufacturer and installation firm NKT has signed the firm contract for the Eastern Green Link 3 (EGL3) offshore high-voltage direct current (HVDC) interconnector between Scotland and England, said to be the largest contract for a single cable project in company history. With a va
