MainOne Subsea Cable Goes Live in Cote d’Ivoire
MainOne submarine cable in Cote d’Ivoire is live and ready for service. The project will offer capabilities to deepen infrastructure sharing and lower the cost of delivering broadband services to the region. According to the company, MainOne’s entry into the Cote d’Ivoire market will facilitate world-class infrastructure availability and accessibility that meets market needs at […]
Balticconnector Pipeline Ready for Use
The Balticconnector pipeline has completed the final phase of commissioning when the offshore pipeline was filled with gas and pressurized as well as connected to Estonia’s gas transmission network. The pipeline should be in commercial use as of January 01, 2020. The pipeline’s construction work and laying on the seabed of the […]
Kraken Secures Aquaculture Industry Contract with MPI
Kraken Robotics’ subsidiary Kraken Power has signed a multi-year supply agreement with Multi Pump Innovation (MPI) of Norway. Under the agreement, MPI will purchase RIM-driven thrusters and control systems for use in MPI’s new JetMaster automated cage cleaners used for fish farming. While JetMaster is a new product for MPI, its position […]
DEME to Link Neart na Gaoithe OWF Turbines
DEME Offshore has been awarded an EPCI contract for the inter-array and interconnector cables at the Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm in Scotland. The scope includes the engineering, procurement, construction, and installation of the subsea cables for the 450 MW capacity wind farm, with execution expected in 2021. The 450 MW […]
Reach Subsea Profit Halves | Subsea World News
Norwegian contractor Reach Subsea has seen its quarterly profit cut in half against last year’s comparable period on lower activity. For the third quarter 2019, Reach booked profit of NOK 4 million on revenues of NOK 154 million, versus profit of NOK 8 million, on revenues of NOK 179 million in the […]
First Subsea Guards WindFloat Atlantic Export Cables
First Subsea has delivered beach landing cable protection system for the WindFloat Atlantic project. The Lancaster-based firm delivered CPS for the export cables on the 25MW project located 20 kilometres off the coast of Viana do Castelo in Portugal for Portuguese transmission system operator REN. Hengtong Group was contracted through its Submarine […]
New Caledonia to Link to Hawaiki Cable
SCCI, a carrier recently incorporated in New Caledonia, and Hawaiki Submarine Cable have signed a multi-million dollar contract to provide SCCI with a turn-key solution to connect the island nation to Hawaiki, including a subsea branch to the capital city of Noumea and significant capacity on the transpacific cable. The deal is expected to fast-track […]
AML Moving Vessel Profiler for GEOMAR’s MOSES Project
GEOMAR has acquired a moving vessel profiler (MVP) from AML Oceanographic as part of the Helmholtz Association funded observing infrastructure “Modular Observation Solutions for Earth Systems” (MOSES). MOSES is comprised of flexible and mobile observation modules which are designed to investigate the interactions of short-term events and long-term trends across Earth compartments. […]