Subsea Cable

Vard has announced that the contract signed December 15, 2023, for the construction of a state-of-the-art cable laying vessel, was with the Swedish company NKT HV Cables AB. The value of the contract is between EUR 200 - 250m. NKT HV Cables AB is a turn-key power cable manufacturer and installation company with its main office in Karlskrona, Sweden.

NEC Corporation India (NEC India) together with NEC Corporation has announced the successful completion of a flagship optical submarine cable system in Southern India connecting Kochi and the Lakshadweep Islands.

Prysmian Group announces the successful commissioning of the inter-array cable system for the Fécamp offshore wind farm, located in the English Channel, some 24 km off the French coast, in Normandy (Seine Maritime department).

British Antarctic Survey (BAS), a component of the Natural Environment Research Council (UKRI-NERC), delivers and enables world-leading interdisciplinary research in the Polar Regions. It’s skilled science and support staff based in Cambridge, Antarctica and the Arctic, work together to deliver research that uses the Polar Regions to advance our understanding of Earth and our impact on it.

VARD is pleased to announce they have signed a contract for the design and construction of a highly customized state-of-the-art hybrid power cable lay and construction vessel for the leading Japanese construction company Toyo Construction Co.Ltd.

Italian company Remacut™, part of NOV, has secured a cable-lay equipment contract for Nexans' new cable-lay vessel (CLV). This achievement represents a significant milestone and underscores NOV's commitment to actively supporting its clients with the energy transition by enhancing its expertise in cable lay systems.

Jan De Nul Group together with its consortium partners LS Cable & System and Denys signed the contracts for two 525 HVDC cable systems for the two grid connection systems BalWin4 and LanWin1.

Osbit, an offshore wind equipment specialist and a Venterra Group company, has been awarded a contract by Netherlands based subsea solutions and cable specialist N-Sea, to deliver a suite of equipment to enable the repair and lay of offshore cables.

Prysmian Group, a world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, has been awarded a contract worth in the region of €850 million by Eastern Green Link 1 Limited, a joint venture between the UK transmission grid owners SP Transmission plc and National Grid Electricity Transmission plc, to provide the cable systems for a major UK network development project between Scotland and England.

JDR Cable Systems (JDR), a global subsea cable supplier and service provider, a part of the TFK Group, has achieved several significant milestones in the construction of its new £130 million state-of-the-art subsea cable manufacturing facility in Cambois, near Blyth, Northumberland.

Last week, the Egyptian government, represented by the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC), signed a milestone agreement with Jan De Nul Group to start the study for the construction of an undersea export cable between Egypt and Europe.

Telxius, a leading global connectivity provider, is joining the Firmina subsea cable system. Firmina will connect the East Coast of the USA to Las Toninas (Argentina), with additional landings in Praia Grande (Brazil) and Punta del Este (Uruguay).