Subsea Cable

TeleGeography, a global telecommunications market research and consulting firm, has published its brand new Submarine Cable Map and Africa Telecom Map for 2022, both sponsored by Telecom Egypt.

Jan De Nul Group has signed a contract with Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. (Sumitomo Electric) for the installation of two subsea HVDC cables and one fiber optic cable that will link the existing electricity grids in Ireland and the United Kingdom.

Ocean Specialists, Inc. (OSI), has successfully completed a feasibility study for a new submarine cable system in the Arabian Gulf for a prominent oil and gas operator.

Prysmian Group is keeping pace with executing its investment plan of about €1 billion by 2024, mainly targeted at developing businesses that support the energy transition.

Deploying its hotly anticipated new cable trenching tool - the RS1-3 - on its first commercial assignment, Aberdeen-based subsea suspended jet trenching and controlled flow excavation (CFE) specialist, Rotech Subsea, has completed a post-lay burial campaign for a series of multiple cable joints on a major offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea.

WIND, the Dutch subsea cable specialist, has signed a long-term cooperation agreement with Waterson Terminals, a large terminal operator located in the state of Rhode Island with operations at ProvPort (RI), the Port of Davisville (RI) and Port of New Bedford (MA).

Nexans has won a contract with Ørsted and Eversource to install and protect the export cable link for the Revolution Wind Farm. The project will connect the wind farm to the onshore grid and help Connecticut and Rhode Island states achieve ongoing commitments to develop offshore wind.

New transmission technology and insatiable bandwidth demand key drivers

SubCom and the Southeast Asia-Middle East-Western Europe 6 consortium (SEA-ME-WE 6) announces that a contract is in force and implementation has commenced for the supply and installation of a new 19,200 km undersea cable system connecting South East Asia, the Middle East, and Western Europe at 12 locations from Singapore to France.

Rotech Subsea has completed an important HDD exit de-burial and post-lay burial of a key subsea cable off the French Atlantic Coast. Contracted by a leading submarine cable player, the sector-leader in Controlled Flow Excavation (CFE) and suspended jet trenching mobilized its specialized trenching and sand wave clearance TRS2 tool in late Q3 2021.

Coda Octopus has announced the automation of its solution for real time tracking and monitoring of cable laying operations including the cable touch down point.

Prysmian Group is moving ahead with its project for a new submarine power cable plant in the United States.