Subsea Cable

Following on from completing the lowering of a UK section of a key UK-Europe fiber optic link, Subsea jet trenching and excavation leader, Rotech Subsea, has now delivered cable trenching operations on the same cable offshore Belgium. Rotech’s sector leading controlled flow excavation (CFE) shallow water jet trencher - the TRS1 LD - was mobilized to complete the trenching works on the 10km section of cable.

New guidance from the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has been published to support the increase in diving work associated with subsea power cables.

Terna’s 132 kV undersea cable linking the island of Elba with Piombino (Livorno) has come into operation. The project, which is of fundamental importance for the entire Italian electricity system, confirms the strategic role that the company—led by Giuseppina Di Foggia—plays in the country’s energy transition process.

Rotech Subsea has wrapped up a key fiber optic cable lowering scope of work off the south east coast of England. Rotech’s sought after TRS1 LD controlled flow excavation (CFE) shallow water system was deployed from the company’s Aberdeen HQ to complete the trenching works.

Prysmian Group has been awarded a new contract worth around €630 million by Terna Rete Italia S.p.A., a company fully owned by Terna S.p.A., the Italian power grid operator (TSO).

Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, announces it has successfully completed the installation and HV testing activities of its 1,400 km of submarine and land power cables for the Viking Link Interconnector, the world’s longest onshore and offshore HVDC interconnector connecting the UK and Denmark. Viking Link is a joint venture between National Grid and Energinet and it is due to be operational by the end of 2023.

Brand new cable-laying vessel Calypso has officially been handed over to Van Oord. The vessel arrived in the Netherlands on August 29 and will be christened this September in Rotterdam.

Following the announced status as preferred bidder, NKT has now reserved production and offshore installation capacity for SSEN Transmission for power cables for the two HVDC transmission links Western Isles and Spittal-Peterhead.

Hellenic Cables, the cables segment of Cenergy Holdings, was awarded a contract by 50Hertz Offshore GmbH for the turnkey delivery of two export cable systems for the interconnection to the German grid of the Western Offshore Sub Station of Gennaker, an offshore wind farm with a capacity of about 927 MW located in the German Baltic Sea, utilizing 220 kV AC technology.

Makai Ocean Engineering Inc. has commissioned Makai Software aboard five of OMS Group’s cable installation and repair vessels. These vessels include:

CoreSite, a leading hybrid IT solutions provider and subsidiary of American Tower Corporation, announced Aqua Comms, a leading provider of global subsea connectivity services, has activated its Amitié (AEC-3) transatlantic subsea cable system leveraging native colocation and connectivity services at the CoreSite Boston data center campus (BO1). 

By the end of 2023, a high voltage direct current electricity link - Viking Link - will be able to facilitate electricity exchange between Great Britain and Denmark.