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Nexans Launches CableLoop Cable Recycling and Recovery Service

Oct 09, 2024

French subsea power cable maker and services provider Nexans has launched a cable recycling and recovery service in Europe, aiming to address the growing copper shortage by transforming the waste into recycled raw materials.Nexans is stepping…

Prysmian Awarded $96 Million in Trade Secrets Dispute Against Sterlite

Aug 12, 2024

Italian cable maker Prysmian on Monday received about $96 million in its trade secrets case against India's Sterile Technologies.Prysmian filed the lawsuit in 2021 claiming that a former executive Stephen Szymanski misused trade secrets and took them to his new employer Sterlite…

Prysmian Buys US Wire and Cable Manufacturer

Jul 02, 2024

Italian cable maker Prysmian has completed the acquisition of Encore Wire, strengthening its position in the growing North American market.Prysmian acquired all of the outstanding shares of Encore Wire’s common stock for $290.00 per share, in cash…

Estonia Says China Has Not Responded to Subsea Cables Probe Request

May 28, 2024

Estonia's state prosecutor said China has not responded to a six-month-old request for help with an investigation into a Chinese ship which Estonia suspects cut two of its subsea telecoms cables.The two cables connecting Estonia to Finland and Sweden were damaged on Oct 7-8…

Asso.subsea Installs Inter-Array Cables at Fécamp Offshore Wind Farm

Dec 15, 2023

Asso.subsea announced it has completed the Inter-array cable installation and protection operations for the 500 megawatt (MW) Fécamp Offshore Wind Project offshore France.Asso.subsea was contracted by Prysmian Group to execute the seabed preparation…

Hellenic Cables Awarded Cable Contract for Gennaker Offshore Wind Farm

Aug 25, 2023

Hellenic Cables announced it has been awarded an EPCI contract for the grid interconnection of the Western Offshore Substation of Gennaker Offshore Wind Farm in the Baltic Sea, off Germany.Hellenic Cables, the cables segment of Cenergy Holdings…

MacArtney Supplies Storage and Handling System for Viking Link Spare Cable

Aug 23, 2023

By the end of 2023, a high voltage direct current electricity link called Viking Link will be able to facilitate electricity exchange between Great Britain and Denmark. MacArtney Offshore Wind Solutions collaborated with Energinet to develop…

FOW Players Target 132kV Dynamic Cables

Oct 12, 2022

UK industry players are eying the development of 132kV dynamic array cables to meet the demands of ever larger turbines, but there are calls for standards to be agreed before they invest.The need for 132kV cables is being driven by the growth is turbine capacity to 15MW and beyond…

Osbit Delivers Swordfish Trencher to Jan De Nul

Sep 22, 2022

UK-based offshore equipment supplier Osbit announced it has delivered a new subsea trenching vehicle to Luxembourg offshore and marine services company Jan De Nul.The high-powered vehicle, named Swordfish, is a purpose-built cable burial tool…

Hellenic Cables to Deliver Inter-array Cables for Hai Long 2 & 3 Offshore Wind Farms in Taiwan

Jul 07, 2022

Hellenic Cables has signed an exclusivity and capacity agreement (ECA) to supply 66 kV XLPE-insulated inter-array cables and associated accessories for the Hai Long 2 and 3 offshore wind project in Taiwan.Hai Long offshore wind farm project in Taiwan will comprise two offshore wind farms (OWFs)…

One-year Charter Extension for Solstad Offshore's CSV

Jul 06, 2022

Norwegian offshore vessel operator Solstad Offshore has secured a contract extension for its construction support vessel Normand Pacific.Italy-based Prysmian, whcih provides cables and systems for energy and telecommunications, has opted to extend the Normand Pacific contract by one year…

Grant Agreement Reached for $157m Blyth Subsea Cable Facility

Jun 15, 2022

JDR Cable Systems (JDR) reached final 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 JDR is on track to begin construction in summer 2022…

Oceanteam's Client Returns 4000-tonne Carousel One Year Early

Feb 04, 2022

Oslo-listed offshore cable solutions provider Oceanteam said Friday that a client had returned one of its 4000-tonne carousels a year earlier than originally agreed.'In February 2020, Oceanteam entered into a three-year agreement for rental of one of its 4000-tonne carousels…

Hellenic Cables Wins Another Dogger Bank Offshore Wind Farm Order

Jan 20, 2022

Cenergy Holdings' Hellenic Cables has won an offshore wind farm array cable contract with DEME Offshore, for the supply of cables for the Dogger Bank C, the third phase of the 3.6GW Dogger Bank project in the UK North Sea.'Already the designated cables’ supplier for Dogger Bank A and B…

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