Danish power cable manufacturer and installation firm NKT has completed the expansion of its medium-voltage (MV) power cable production facility in Asnaes, Denmark, where cable production has been ongoing since 1965. The expansion works began in September 2024 and include a new production hall, new
Føn Energy Services Poland has signed a long-term, multi-million-euro agreement with the joint venture between Orlen Group and Northland Power to provide integrated operations and maintenance (O&M) services for the 1.2 GW Baltic Power offshore wind farm in the Polish Baltic Sea. Under the agreement,
Oceaneering has begun executing a multi-discipline offshore survey campaign using its Ocean Intervention II (OI2) vessel offshore Trinidad and the U.S. Gulf on behalf of a “large international operator”. The program started in April and includes OI2 delivering integrated geophysical, geotechnical, a
Norwegian vessel owner DOF Group has picked up a contract extension for one of its multipurpose support vessels (MPSVs) off the coast of Australia.
UAE-headquartered offshore survey and positioning data provider Geosonic has secured an expanded scope in Turkmenistan, supporting a subsea survey and inspection program described as major. Sharjah-based Geosonic reported that it had secured a further contract in Turkmenistan supporting a program th
LS GreenLink, the U.S. subsidiary of South Korean LS Cable & System, has started the construction of a 201-meter vertical continuous vulcanization (VCV) tower for cable insulation at its high-voltage direct current (HVDC) subsea cable factory in Virginia. The construction of the factory started in A
French provider of tubular solutions Vallourec has won a contract with Azule Energy, a joint venture between Italy’s Eni and the UK’s BP, to deliver pipes for an ultra-deepwater development in Angola. Vallourec will supply over 26,000 tons of seamless carbon steel line pipes, representing approximat
Nexans has completed the manufacturing and factory acceptance testing (FAT) of 100 kilometers of subsea cable for the second electrical interconnector between Malta and Italy, with the cable now ready for load-out and installation. The IC2 interconnector will consist of a new 122-kilometer-long, 225
Norwegian ship designer and shipbuilder VARD has delivered a 151-meter-long hybrid construction and cable laying vessel (CLV) to Japanese Toyo Construction, destined for Japan’s offshore wind market. The vessel, named Discovery, was delivered on June 26 from Vard Langsten in Norway, where it was out
Norway’s Ocean Installer, a wholly owned subsidiary of Moreld Group, has secured a fast-track engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract with Vår Energi to execute all subsea umbilicals, risers, and flowlines (SURF) installation activities for the Balder Next New Wells p
Sweden’s Hexatronic Group is investing in a new production line for fiber-optic cables at its largest production site, as part of a long-term supply agreement with Danish power cable manufacturer and installation firm NKT. The new production line at the Hudiksvall facility will more than double the
Orient Cable (NBO) has installed the subsea cable for China Three Gorges (CTG) Corporation’s 16 MW floating wind demonstration platform, said to be the world’s largest single-unit floating wind turbine. NBO says this is the first 66 kV dynamic cable for floating wind installed in China. The company’
Texas-headquartered Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD) has taken delivery of Acadia, the first U.S.-flagged, Jones Act-compliant subsea rock installation vessel (SRIV). GLDD ordered the vessel from Philly Shipyard, Inc. in 2021, with the first steel cut in July 2023 and the keel laid in Ma
Norway’s oil & gas player Vår Energi has awarded TechnipFMC with an integrated engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (iEPCI) contract for subsea tie-back development projects in the North Sea. TechnipFMC reported on June 25 the iEPCI contract for the Ofelia and Gjøa Nord projects
