by Joaquin Sapien (ProPublica) In July 2016, warships from more than two dozen nations gathered off the coasts of Hawaii and Southern California to join the United States in the world’s largest naval exercise. The United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Japan, South Korea and others sent hundreds of destroyers, aircraft
Italy’s Prysmian has penned a capacity reservation agreement with Marinus Link, a subsidiary of the Australian transmission system operator TasNetworks, for a new power interconnector between Tasmania and Victoria, Australia.
The deal includes the Commonwealth Government underwriting a capacity reservation fee of up to €90m and Prysmian’s continued
France’s Orange Marine, the shipowning arm of telecommunications specialist Orange Group, has taken delivery of Sophie Germain, a new-generation cable laying and repair vessel (CLRV) from Colombo Dockyard.
Named for pioneering French mathematician and philosopher Sophie Germain, the 1,800-dwt CLRV was ordered to replace the 38
NOAA-Today, following input from tribal nations, state and federal agencies, Indigenous communities, and the public, NOAA released a proposal to designate a 5,617-square-mile area offshore of San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties in central California as Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary. Since day one, President
(Bloomberg) —
Fiber-optic cables that were damaged by a rockfall in an undersea canyon, resulting in slow internet connections in some parts of Africa, should be repaired next month by a specialized vessel, according to telecommunication companies.
The West Africa Cable System that runs about 16,000 kilometers (9,950
Funen, Denmark-based shipping company Uni-Tankers was reported to be facing litigation in the Maritime and Commercial Court in Denmark after one of its vessels was alleged to have destroyed the submarine cable over to Bornholm on February 26th 2022. Chemical/oil products tanker Samus Swan (IMO 9401312) was claimed
Oolombo Dockyard PLC recently delivered the first-ever Cable Laying and Repair Vessel (CLRV) to the European market from Sri Lanka.
The vessel was built for Orange Marine, a France-based specialist in submarine telecommunications, whose fleet represents a 15% of the global fleet in this sector.
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Colombo Dockyard Delivers Unique Cable Layer to France’s Orange Marine
Sophie Germain in a unique niche vessel built to maintain subsea fiber optic and power cables (Orange Marine)
Colombo Dockyard in Sri Lanka recently delivered a newly built Cable Laying and repair Vessel to France’s Orange Marine. The
Colombo Dockyard Delivers Unique Cable Layer to France’s Orange Marine
Sophie Germain in a unique niche vessel built to maintain subsea fiber optic and power cables (Orange Marine)
Colombo Dockyard in Sri Lanka recently delivered a newly built Cable Laying and repair Vessel to France’s Orange Marine. The
Utility Sues Uni-Tankers Over Severed Power Cable to Bornholm
ROV image of the severed end of the Bornholm power cable on the seabed (Energinet)
The Danish island of Bornholm is a strategic outpost in the Baltic, and last year it became a watchword for subsea infrastructure security: just off
The Maritime Executive (July 31, 2023, 11:01 p.m.)
Utility Sues Uni-Tankers Over Severed Power Cable to Bornholm
ROV image of the severed end of the Bornholm power cable on the seabed (Energinet)
The Danish island of Bornholm is a strategic outpost in the Baltic, and last year it became a watchword for subsea infrastructure security: just off
The Rescue of the Submarine USS Squalus
L to R: fleet tug USS Wandank, submarine USS Sculpin, submarine rescue ship USS Falcon, naval shipyard tug Penacook, and Lighthouse Service tender Hibiscus, in addition to Coast Guard boats (National Archives)
Most of the rescue missions carried out by the United States
The Maritime Executive (July 24, 2023, 12:01 a.m.)
The Rescue of the Submarine USS Squalus
L to R: fleet tug USS Wandank, submarine USS Sculpin, submarine rescue ship USS Falcon, naval shipyard tug Penacook, and Lighthouse Service tender Hibiscus, in addition to Coast Guard boats (National Archives)
Most of the rescue missions carried out by the United States
Welcome to our latest market round-up of some of the latest and more interesting stories that have caught our eye in the fast-moving world of MASS and autonomous shipping.
The volume and speed of autonomous shipping related developments is no longer a surprise but a reality. In the
On Feb. 10 last year, the cable ship CS Dependable appeared off the coast of the island of Diego Garcia, an Indian Ocean atoll that’s home to a discreet U.S. naval base.
Over the next month, the ship’s crew covertly laid an underwater fiber-optic cable to the
By Joe Brock
July 6 (Reuters) – On Feb. 10 last year, the cable ship CS Dependable appeared off the coast of the island of Diego Garcia, an Indian Ocean atoll that’s home to a discreet U.S. naval base.
Over the next month, the ship’s crew covertly laid an
Under the terms of the contract – subject to Ørsted taking a final investment decision – Prysmian will be responsible for the design, manufacture, supply, termination and testing of the inter-array submarine cable system that will connect the wind turbines and the offshore converter station.
The project involves approximately 280 km
22 June
TechnipFMC’s pipelay vessel Deep Energy and DOF’s Skandi Vinland both aided in the search for five passengers on board a missing mini submarine, and an OSV linked to the submarine’s ownership helped to discover a field of debris that experts determined as the remains of