Subsea Cable

Prysmian Group has been awarded a contract by Dongfang Electric Corporation (DEC), one of the biggest state-owned enterprises in China and one of the world’s largest power generation equipment manufacturers and project contractors.

Seabras 1 Bermuda Ltd (“Parent”) and Seabras 1 USA LLC (“OpCo” and, together with Parent, the “Companies”) filed voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code (the “Filings”).

NTT Ltd., a world-leading global technology services provider, will commence the construction of a "MIST" large-capacity submarine cable between Singapore, Myanmar and India (Mumbai and Chennai). The construction will be part of a strategic joint venture for international submarine cables in South East Asia, with Orient Link Pte. Ltd. from December 2019.

HUBER+SUHNER, a leading manufacturer of components and system solutions for electrical and optical connectivity, has launched its fire-resistant RADOX® OFL (Oil & Gas Flexible Lightweight) cable solution – providing the offshore industry with a safe way to reduce platform weight.

Prysmian Group and Equinor in agreement for the supply of the submarine inter–array cable system for the Empire Wind project, an 816 MW offshore wind project in New York. Prysmian Group will provide the 66 kV XLPE-insulated inter-array cable system that will transmit power from the wind turbines with a capacity in the range of 10-15 MW. The construction of the cable system’s power cores is set to begin by December 2019.

Djibouti Telecom, Somtel, Telkom Kenya and SubCom announces that all manufacturing aspects for the Djibouti Africa Regional Express 1 (DARE1) submarine cable system are complete.

Nexans, a global expert in advanced cabling and connectivity solutions, Eversource, New England’s premier transmission builder, and Ørsted, a world leader in offshore wind, announces a framework agreement.

Prysmian Group has been awarded a contract worth in excess of €100 million by EDF Renewables for the development of submarine and land power cable systems to connect the Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore wind farm to the Scottish mainland power grid.

AARNet, Google and RTI have announced a significant milestone in the Japan-Guam-Australia South subsea cable system (JGA-South) with the landing of the cable into Narrabeen Beach in Sydney.

Nexans announces an award by OneSubsea®—the subsea technologies, production and processing systems division of Schlumberger—for the design, manufacture and supply of two 120-km power umbilicals for a subsea multiphase compression system. The system will help extend the production life of the Ormen Lange field, Norway’s second-largest gas field that currently supplies 20 percent of the UK’s gas needs.

With the new custom-made Cable Laying Monitoring System, NKT has further enhance NKT Victoria’s capabilities to safely install power cables with minimal risk of compromising the cable integrity during laying operation in even the most challenging site conditions such as high seas, strong current and low visibility.

Trelleborg’s applied technologies operation has been awarded a contract by Ørsted to provide NjordGuard, an integrated cable protection system, for the Greater Changhua 1 & 2a offshore wind farms in Taiwan. Trelleborg will provide 235 NjordGuard cable protection systems and bellmouths, which will protect all inter array and export cables on the projects.