​SMD delivers heavy-duty subsea cable plough to Prysmian

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Subsea engineering specialist SMD has delivered a heavy-duty power cable plough designed to install and protect high-capacity submarine power cables supporting offshore wind and grid interconnection projects.

The plough, the first of two systems ordered by Prysmian, will be deployed aboard the company’s new cable-laying vessels Prysmian Alessandro Volta and Prysmian Mona Lisa, with a second unit due for delivery later this year.

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