General – Drydocking
DEME’s Viking Neptun, the DP3 Offshore Construction and Cable Installation vessel has just completed its 10-year class survey at Orskov Yard.
[Read more…] about Overhauling Viking Neptun’s 400-ton offshore craneRWE awards DeepOcean contract for Nordseecluster A
Wind Energy – Nordseecluster
DeepOcean has received a firm order for RWE’s Nordseecluster A offshore wind project in Germany.
[Read more…] about RWE awards DeepOcean contract for Nordseecluster ANew cable laying vessel capable of running on methanol
Wind Energy – Cable Installation
Building upon the strong operational experience and cutting-edge technology featured on NKT Victoria, the new cable laying vessel NKT Eleonora will represent the next generation of cable laying vessels in in terms of both design and capabilities.
[Read more…] about New cable laying vessel capable of running on methanolInstallation of Hollandse Kust (west Beta) export cables
Wind Energy – Cable Installation
Boskalis’ cable-laying barge Giant 7 has started the installation of the second and final nearshore export cable for the 700 MW offshore wind farm Hollandse Kust (west Beta), being built offshore the Netherlands.
[Read more…] about Installation of Hollandse Kust (west Beta) export cablesHVAC cable contracts Princess Elisabeth Island awarded to two consortia
General – Cable Installation
Belgian electricity transmission system operator Elia Transmission Belgium (ETB) has awarded the contracts for the high-voltage alternating current (HVAC) parts of the future Princess Elisabeth Island in the Belgian North Sea.
[Read more…] about HVAC cable contracts Princess Elisabeth Island awarded to two consortiaJan de Nul orders another XL cable installation vessel
General – New Cable Installation Vessel
Offshore installation services company Jan De Nul has ordered another XL cable laying vessel (CLV), identical to the Fleeming Jenkin, which boasts ‘unrivalled cable-carrying capacity’.
[Read more…] about Jan de Nul orders another XL cable installation vesselSSEN selects consortium as Preferred Bidder for Shetland 2 HVDC link
General – HVDC Subsea Cable
SSEN Transmission announced it has selected Sumitomo Electric Industries and its subsea cable installation partner, Van Oord Offshore Wind UK, (the Sumitomo Electric Van Oord Consortium) as preferred bidder for the proposed Shetland 2 High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) link subsea cable.
[Read more…] about SSEN selects consortium as Preferred Bidder for Shetland 2 HVDC linkCable-lay equipment for Toyo Construction’s hybrid vessel
Wind Energy – Cable Lay Equipment
NOV has received a turnkey contract from VARD to provide an integrated cable-lay system for Toyo Construction’s new hybrid cable-lay and construction vessel.
[Read more…] about Cable-lay equipment for Toyo Construction’s hybrid vesselJan De Nul picks MacArtney’s CEMAC tensioners for CLV Fleet
General – Tensioners
MacArtney Offshore Wind Solutions has been hired by Jan de Nul to design and supply custom CEMAC tensioner systems for its entire cable laying vessel (CLV) fleet, which includes the world’s largest cable layer – the Fleeming Jenkin.
[Read more…] about Jan De Nul picks MacArtney’s CEMAC tensioners for CLV FleetCable laying operations of Zakum Cluster
General – Zakum Cluster
On January 9, Prysmian met Lightning Project for Offshore Electrification Customers and Stakeholders at Abu Dhabi Cruise Terminal to celebrate the start of cable laying operations of the Zakum Cluster connection between Al Mirfa and Al Ghallan Island.
[Read more…] about Cable laying operations of Zakum Cluster