First Jones Act-compliant cable layer deal agreed

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The first US-flagged cable-lay barge to connect offshore wind farms to the US grid will be built by the new partnership of Nexans and Crowley Wind Services.

The 300-foot (91 metres) vessel will be built to support Equinor’s offshore wind farm for New York, despite the controversy and threatened shut-down of sites by the current US administration. 

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