Subsea Cables News


Energy Transition: UK Subsea Services Firm Urged to 'Act Now'

May 19, 2021

Experts are advising the UK subsea industry to act now and take advantage of the energy transition, warning that the journey to net-zero is already underway and businesses must keep up with the required change of speed.Subsea UK, the country's subsea services industry association…

Nexans to Deliver Umbilicals for Equinor's Offshore Oilfield in Brazil

May 19, 2021

Subsea Integration Alliance, a partnership between OneSubsea and Subsea 7, has awarded offshore cable firm Nexans a contract to deliver umbilicals for Equinor's Bacalhau project offshore Brazil.Under the contract, Nexans will design, manufacture…

Jan De Nul Repairs Tennet's Offshore Wind Cable in Germany

May 18, 2021

Offshore installation services firm Jan De Nul said Tuesday it had repaired TenneT’s AC108 cable connecting the Trianel Borkum offshore substation with Tennet's DolWin alpha converter station in the North Sea, offshore Germany.The repair job…

Oceanteam's Cable Transport Spread for Baltic Sea Project

May 17, 2021

Offshore installation contractor Oceanteam has won a contract with an unnamed client for the provision of a cable transport spread for a project in the German Baltic area which will start in May 2021 and is expected to be completed in the summer of 2021…

Prysmian Sets Sights on U.S. Market

May 14, 2021

Prysmian is close to a “very interesting” contract to develop a high-voltage underground network in the U.S., the Italian company’s chief executive said on Thursday.Valerio Battista said Prysmian, the world’s largest cable maker, was “not far” from striking a deal on the U…

Gallery: Nexans Aurora Cable Layer Goes on Sea Trials

May 07, 2021

Ulstein-built Nexans Aurora cable layer has this week started sea trials, the Norwegian shipbuilder has informed.The 149.9 m long and 31 m wide vessel, to be delivered to offshore cable maker Nexans, will be working in the offshore wind sector market…

Tekmar Energy to Protect Subsea Cable at Gode Wind 3 Offshore Wind Farm

Apr 22, 2021

Tekmar Energy has won a contract with cable manufacturer ZTT to supply its Cable Protection Systems (CPS) for the Gode Wind 3 high-voltage grid connection project in Germany.The 16km long subsea cable is scheduled for installation in 2023 and…

Tampnet Buys BP's Offshore Fiber Cable System in Gulf of Mexico

Apr 07, 2021

Norway-based Tampnet which operates offshore high-capacity communication networks has completed the acquisition of BP's Gulf of Mexico (GoM) offshore fiber cable network, in what Tampnet says is one of the most significant milestones in the history of the company…

Global Offshore Completes Cable Installation at Vattenfall’s Kriegers Flak Wind Farm

Apr 06, 2021

Global Offshore, an offshore trenching and cable installation specialist, has completed a cable installation campaign at Vattenfall’s Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea, off Denmark.The first phase of work, finished last year…

Cyprus, Israel, Greece Sign EuroAsia Interconnector MoU

Mar 08, 2021

Ministers of Energy of Cyprus, Israel and Greece on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding on Cooperation in relation to the EuroAsia Interconnector Project.The EuroAsia Interconnector is the official EU project developer of the 2,000MW electricity interconnector between Israel…

Cable Layer Leonardo da Vinci Due to Enter Fleet in 2021

Feb 22, 2021

Prysmian will entrust Sea World Management SAM with the management of the new high-tech flagship that will enter service in the second half of the year.Dubbed Leonardo da Vinci, the cable-laying vessel being built by the Vard shipyard in Brattvåg…

Tekmar Energy to Protect Cables at Two Offshore Wind Farms in China

Feb 17, 2021

Tekmar Energy has said it has won contracts to provide cable protection systems for two offshore wind farm projects located in the coastal province of Guangdong in southeast China.Under the contracts with unnamed clients, Tekmar Energy will…

Tekmar to Protect Subsea Cables at Neart na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Farm

Jan 28, 2021

Prysmian, one of Europe's largest power cable manufacturers, has hired Tekmar Energy to provide a cable protection system to be deployed at the Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore wind farm in the UK.The 450MW NnG project, jointly owned by EDF Renewables and ESB…

DeepOcean Winds Down Its UK Cable Lay & Trenching Business

Jan 26, 2021

Subsea services company DeepOcean has completed the wind-down of its UK Cable Lay & Trenching business.DeepOcean had in November 2020 said it had started a restructuring process in relation to three UK subsidiaries in its Cable Laying and Trenching business (the “CL&T Group”)…

Oceanteam Nets 6-month Subsea Cable Storage Extension

Jan 25, 2021

Dutch offshore services and subsea cable storage provider company Oceanteam has said it has secured an extension for a storage contract of 100+ kilometers of subsea cable with one of Europe’s biggest cable manufacturers.Oceanteam did not say who the client was…

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