Vard will Build Second Cable-Laying Vessel for Prysmian Group
[By: Fincantieri]
Trieste, November 22, 2022 – Fincantieri has secured a contract for the design and construction of a second cutting-edge cable-laying vessel for Prysmian Group, the world leader in energy and telecom cable systems industry. The delivery is
The Maritime Executive (Nov. 24, 2022, 12:02 a.m.)
Vard will Build Second Cable-Laying Vessel for Prysmian Group
[By: Fincantieri]
Trieste, November 22, 2022 – Fincantieri has secured a contract for the design and construction of a second cutting-edge cable-laying vessel for Prysmian Group, the world leader in energy and telecom cable systems industry. The delivery is
The Maritime Executive (Nov. 23, 2022, 10:02 p.m.)
VARD, a subsidiary of the Italian shipbuilding group Fincantieri, said it has won a contract worth approximately €200 million ($205.3 million) to design and build a new cable laying vessel for Prysmian Group.
Scheduled for delivery in the first quarter of 2025, the new vessel will be similar to Leonardo
Italian cabling firm Prysmian has won a €150m ($153.5m) contract from Greek electricity grid operator IPTO to link the islands of Milos, Folegandros and Santorini. The contract should be finalised this year, following the customary approvals from the authorities involved.
The deal is part of Phase D of the
Two crew members were taken to hospital after an explosion on a Greek offshore support ship off France.
The accident involving the 111-loa multipurpose Athena (built 2013) happened while the vessel was moored at Quai de l’Asie in Le Havre on 17 November.
The Greek-flag ship had
Italian cabling firm Prysmian has won a €60m ($62.5m) contract for laying submarine cables as part of the strategic HVDC transmission system for the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC (TAQA) Lightning Project in the UAE.
Prysmian secured a deal for the
Shell Joins 3D Printing Project for Repair of Undersea Pipelines
Repair robot Nautilus being deployed for the first time off Bangkok (Kongsberg Ferrotech)
Shell is joining a joint industry project that is working to develop and test advanced 3D printing technologies to be used for ocean repairs of undersea assets
Shell Joins 3D Printing Project for Repair of Undersea Pipelines
Repair robot Nautilus being deployed for the first time off Bangkok (Kongsberg Ferrotech)
Shell is joining a joint industry project that is working to develop and test advanced 3D printing technologies to be used for ocean repairs of undersea assets
by John Konrad (gCaptain) Monday, the UK announced it canceled Boris Johnson’s National Flagship project. The flagship was an elegant yacht intended to promote maritime trade and serve as a replacement for the famed Royal Yacht Britannia decommissioned in 1997. The money will be used to assure the funding
2022 November 9 10:56
Colombo Dockyard launches the cable laying and repair vessel “Sophie Germain”
Colombo Dockyard PLC (CDPLC), the one of the most competitive Shipyards in South Asia, successfully launched a Cable Laying and Repair Vessel (C/S Sophie Germain) to Orange Marine France on 3rd November 2022 , according
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Achieving optimal performance with condition-based maintenance has come a long way
(Article originally published in Sept/Oct 2022 edition.)
For as long as mankind has built machines there’s been a need to keep them in peak operating condition.
We can imagine the earliest sailors with their
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Achieving optimal performance with condition-based maintenance has come a long way
(Article originally published in Sept/Oct 2022 edition.)
For as long as mankind has built machines there’s been a need to keep them in peak operating condition.
We can imagine the earliest sailors with their
Italian subsea cable firm Prysmian Group said Thursday it has added a new vessel - Barbarossa I - to its fleet.
"After the debut of the state-of-the-art 170-meter Leonardo da Vinci [vessel] in August 2021, Prysmian Group’s fleet would seem to be complete.
But with the addition
By Philip Heijmans (Bloomberg) Surging tensions with China have prompted Taiwan to boost its military defenses. Now it’s heeding the lessons of the war in Ukraine to address one of its bigger weaknesses: the fragile undersea infrastructure that connects the island to the internet.
Taiwan has 14 subsea cables
UK operator Global Marine Systems has sealed a juicy charter that illustrates a growing focus on telecoms work for cable-laying vessels.
Japan’s NEC Corp has taken the 128-loa submarine Normand Clipper (built 2001) on a four-year deal to install submarine internet lines.
Tokyo-listed NEC has
The US Offshore Wind Standards Initiative, a collaborative that brings together federal government departments and agencies, national industry associations, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and industry representatives, has issued a best-practices guidebook for the offshore wind sector. The document is the culmination of a five-year effort by
Referencing more than 200 existing industry standards and guidelines focused on the requirements for the development of an offshore wind energy project, OCRP-1-2022 covers all stages of offshore windfarm development from design, to manufacture and fabrication, transport and installation, operation and maintenance and lifecycle planning.
“This recommended practice
A Danish Baltic Sea island suffered a temporary power blackout on Monday as a local grid fault caused the transformer feeding electricity from Sweden to shut down, Energinet and E.ON said.
Danish transmission system operator Energinet said the blackout had not been caused by damage to the subsea cable feeding
Major leaks that suddenly erupted in the Nord Stream gas pipelines that run from Russia to Europe under the Baltic Sea have generated plenty of theories but few clear answers about who or what caused the damage.
Here is what we know and what has been said so far:
WHO
Nord Stream Pipeline Sabotage: Why Was Europe Defenseless?
The EU needs to address subsea threats in its maritime security policy.
Image courtesy Danish Defence Command
Whatever caused the damage to the Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea, it appears to be the first major attack on critical “subsea