Cable Laying

VESSELS

VESSELS

Marine contractor giant Jan De Nul has ordered a second mammoth cable-layer before its first, Fleeming Jenkin, has even been launched – showing strong confidence in the sector.

25th July 2024

Jan De Nul orders second huge cable-layer

25th July 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

A Steerprop’s custom propulsion system will enhance environmental performance and manoeuvrability for the world’s largest cable-laying vessel, set for delivery in 2026.

15th July 2024

Steerprop manoeuvrability for milestone cable-laying vessel

15th July 2024

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Prysmian has successfully completed sea trial tests for a record-breaking ultra-deep cable installation.

8th July 2024

Prysmian lays deepest ever power cable

8th July 2024

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Opsealog, a provider of data integration and analysis services for the maritime and offshore industry, is renewing and expanding its service contract with Orange Marine, a French company specialising in cable-laying and…

1st July 2024

A long-standing commitment to fleet digitalisation

1st July 2024

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Maritime Developments (MDL) has invested more than £7 million to expand its flexlay asset range.

6th June 2024

MDL invests £7m in portfolio expansion

6th June 2024

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

RWE is ready to take the next step in the construction of its Thor Offshore Wind Farm in the Danish North Sea.

19th April 2024

Onshore cable works begin at Thor

19th April 2024

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

All pre-installation survey work has been done on the eastern section of a double submarine cable engineering project that will connect the Italian mainland with Sicily and Sardinia.

26th March 2024

Survey completed on branch of 950km subsea connection

26th March 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

Subsea equipment manufacturer SMD has signed the first contract for its new electric ROV with one of the world’s biggest marine contractors, Jan De Nul.

14th March 2024

SMD’s first E-ROV signed up by Jan De Nul

14th March 2024

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

MacGregor is to kit out a new state-of-the-art cable layer with three cranes.

7th March 2024

MacGregor to supply cable layer cranes

7th March 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

VARD will undertake an innovative conversion of the I.T. International Telecom Marine Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) IT Infinity into a cable-laying vessel.

5th February 2024

VARD to undertake innovative PSV conversion

5th February 2024

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Prysmian PowerLink has been awarded a €1.1 billion contract by a German transmission grid operator as part of the country’s overall goal to reach a capacity of 70 GW for offshore wind by 2045.

3rd October 2023

Prysmian to power up German offshore wind supply

3rd October 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

Ulstein Verft has signed a new shipbuilding contract to construct a large DP3 cable laying vessel for Nexans.

26th September 2023

Ulstein inks new cable laying vessel contract

26th September 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Designs have been completed for a vessel that will be twice the size of the world’s current largest cable-lay vessel, Prysmian’s Leonardo da Vinci.

7th August 2023

World largest cable-layer for £20 billion subsea project

7th August 2023

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Nexans has been awarded a major turnkey contract valued at €1.43 billion to lay the section of the EuroAsia Interconnector that connects Greece and Cyprus.

24th July 2023

Nexans wins historic energy highway cable contract

24th July 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

The latest project to be financed by Export Finance Norway (Eksfin) is a new UK windfarm cable contract worth NOK2 billion (€171 million) for the Moray West windfarm in Scotland. 

26th April 2023

Norwegian finance for UK windfarm cable contract

26th April 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

SMST has equipped the newbuild Van Oord cable-laying vessel Calypso with a 100t active heave compensated knuckle boom crane.

6th March 2023

SMST heavy lift knuckle boom crane for Van Oord

6th March 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Rotech Subsea has set up Taiwan entity to service increased demand in the country’s offshore wind sector.

7th September 2022

Taiwan offshore wind boom

7th September 2022

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A new visitor broke records for the region’s offshore wind industry when it recently sailed into the UK’s Port of Middlesbrough.

6th December 2021

Cable layer breaks records at Middlesbrough

6th December 2021

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The ‘AMT Explorer’ cable barge capsized on 3 July off the coast of Sardinia losing all cargo including its reel carrying 2,800m of fibre optic cable valued at €28m.

1st August 2014

Cable barge capsize

1st August 2014