Quayside cable factory

The Tamar is faster than its predecessor, and is the most technologically advanced lifeboat ever to be produced by the RNLI.

Teesport UK based PD Ports has signed a 15 year lease with subsea cable manufacturer JDR Cables Ltd which will provide JDR with a 100,000 sq/ft factory on the deepwater berth at Hartlepool Dock. JDR, which supplies umbilical and cable systems to the offshore oil & gas and wind farm sectors, will thus be able to spool cables directly from the manufacturing facility to cable laying vessels moored on the nearby quay.