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
ZTT Submarine Cable & System has completed the factory acceptance test and loaded out the subsea cable for the Shanwei Jiazi-One offshore wind project in China. The Chinese company was in charge of delivering 66 kilometers of 220 kV subsea cable for CGN Engineering, with installation scheduled to b
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
Chinese power cable specialist Orient Cable (NBO) has revealed its commitment to the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) by setting targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In terms of near-term targets, NBO said it had committed to achieving scope 1 and 2 targets that are in line with a 1.5°
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
The Netherlands-based subsea cable specialist WIND has signed a framework agreement with TenneT for the provision of cable transfers and storage for spare export cables. The scope of the contract includes the supply of cable storage equipment, execution of cable transfers, and management and storage
Tekmar Energy has won a contract to deliver cable protection systems (CPS) for the Shenquan Phase 2 offshore wind project in China. Tekmar is supplying both inter-array and export cable protection systems for the project, in support of Hengtong Subsea Power Cables. The systems will be manufactured i
Chinese subsea cable manufacturer ZTT Submarine Cable & System has revealed its commitment to the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), setting emissions reduction targets. ZTT announced it had committed to the SBTi Net-Zero Standard and will set a robust emissions reduction target at the pace an
