Subsea Cables

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Dutch offshore solar developer SolarDuck is developing a floating platform designed to provide power, communications and control systems directly to remote subsea assets, potentially eliminating the need for long subsea cables, diesel generators and costly umbilicals.

30th July 2026

Solving the offshore power challenge with floating hubs

30th July 2026

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

The UK government will impose tougher penalties on shipowners and operators who intentionally or recklessly damage subsea cables amid mounting concern across Europe over the vulnerability of underwater infrastructure.

1st June 2026

UK spearheads subsea cable damage penalties

1st June 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

Online Oceans has raised £4 million (€4.6 million) to deploy autonomous surface vessels for persistent maritime surveillance, from subsea cable protection to anti-submarine warfare.

5th May 2026

UK start-up launches drone fleets to guard oceans

5th May 2026

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

A £950 million (€1 billion) framework to connect remote Scottish islands with new or repaired subsea cabling has been announced by SSEN Distribution.

24th February 2026

SSEN pledges €1 billion to plug in remote Scottish islands

24th February 2026

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Briggs Marine has been appointed to SSEN Distribution’s multi-year subsea programme to strengthen electricity links serving Scotland’s island communities from 2027.

17th February 2026

Scottish subsea cable programme for Briggs

17th February 2026

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

As global tensions spread to threatening Europe’s critical underwater infrastructure, particularly in the Baltic Sea region, governments are addressing the challenges of protecting vital subsea links requiring potentially military-level responses but involving…

15th December 2025

Subsea sabotage – the hidden front of warfare

15th December 2025

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Europe’s offshore wind revolution is running into a hard physical limit – the electricity grid.

11th December 2025

Offshore wind’s sky-high potential hits onshore grid wall

11th December 2025

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Telecommunications firm Telenor says the Nordics need to come together to defend themselves against subsea cable attacks.

30th October 2025

Nordics subsea cable attacks: Report calls for regional defence

30th October 2025

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

The UK’s University of Portsmouth will spearhead a major project to design a cutting-edge surveillance system to reduce damage and disruption to undersea infrastructure, thanks to a grant of £772,372 from the…

24th October 2025

Portsmouth leads subsea protection

24th October 2025

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Jones Bros Civil Engineering UK has played a central role in the £2.4 billion (€2.75 billion) NeuConnect project, a landmark renewable energy interconnector between the UK and Germany.

17th September 2025

Jones Bros powers UK-Germany energy link

17th September 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

A new UK-led research project aims to slash costs in floating offshore wind by improving the processes around maintenance of mooring lines and subsea cables.

23rd July 2025

Tackling offshore wind cable maintenance costs

23rd July 2025

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

A pioneering oyster reef restoration project in the North Sea could help reshape the way marine infrastructure is designed and built, with nature at its core.

22nd July 2025

Using nature for greener marine infrastructure projects

22nd July 2025

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

The UK Crown Estate has delivered a record GB£1.1 billion in net revenue profit, largely driven by short-term option fees from Offshore Wind Leasing Round 4.

9th July 2025

Offshore wind powers record Crown Estate profit

9th July 2025

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Despite the headwinds facing the US offshore wind sector since Donald Trump re-took the White House, signs such as the ground-breaking of a subsea cable factory are showing that the industry is…

29th April 2025

US subsea cable facility breaks ground

29th April 2025

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Critical subsea cables will be protected in a raft of measures being drawn up, the European Commission has said in response to a recent spate of suspected sabotage incidents.

21st February 2025

EU calls for critical cable security upgrade

21st February 2025

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

In an era of rapid offshore wind expansion, increasing global connectivity and a spate of recent sabotage incidents, the reliability of subsea cables is under scrutiny.

19th February 2025

Subsea cables: A growing backbone in need of strengthening

19th February 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

Specialised equipment was brought in to repair a subsea communications cable to which damage was detected on Christmas Day.

7th January 2025

Contentious subsea cable damage fully repaired

7th January 2025

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Digital infrastructure company Cinia, the firm that installed a submarine cable that was damaged and investigated by the Swedish authorities in recent days, has fully repaired and restored the cable, it says.

29th November 2024

Subsea cable repair completed

29th November 2024

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Sweden and Finland have deployed their navies to investigate the suspected sabotage of two cables under the Baltic Sea.

25th November 2024

Sweden investigates suspected subsea cable sabotage

25th November 2024

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Cable and optic fibre company Nexans has signalled its confidence in the offshore wind industry, pledging to invest €90 million to support growth in the sector.

20th September 2024

Nexans pushes boat out with €90 million spend

20th September 2024