Marine Construction – Belgian Herbosch-Kiere to lay cables for Bahrain – February 2022.
In 2021, the Flemish marine construction company Herbosch-Kiere, signed a contract for the installation of 3 x 66 kV submarine cables in shallow waters between Bahrain’s mainland and Hawar Island. The multi-purpose, self-propelled vessel ATLANTIS will carry out the works for Al-Gihaz Contracting, a Saudi Arabian construction company. The works start in February 2022 and […]
Cable Layer – BOLD MAVERICK in Malta for Submarine Cable Ops – Nov to Dec 2021
One of the former Maersk owned vessels is the 2001 built multi purpose Subsea Construction Vessel BOLD MAVERICK that is currently engaged in Submarine Cable operations in Malta that started on Sunday 14th November, 2021. So far she called at Grand Harbour, Malta twice for mobilising and uplifting bunkers, first on Saturday 9th October and […]
Cable Layer – SEAWAY AIMERY
One of the Vard Design ships is the 2016 built 95.30 metres long cable layer SEAWAY AIMERY. She has been designed as a dedicated cable lay vessel with significant hold space for cable storage and has also been designed to enable the cable crew to work under cover during laying operations to minimise the impact […]
Bunkering – Offshore Convoy at Malta – 19.10.2021.
On Tuesday 19th October, 2021 the convoy of the 1984 built offshore tug/supply ship ARTEMIS together with the 2008 built cable layer ATALANTI though both entered separate with different harbour pilot aboard. First to enter was the ARTEMIS at 1046 hrs berthing starboard side alongside Pinto 4 Wharf. This was her second call this year […]
Cable Layer – ATLANTIC GUARDIAN in Malta again after 12 years – May/June 2021
One of the Norwegian owned vessels around the world, the 2001 built cable layer ATLANTIC GUARDIAN entered Grand Harbour, Malta on Friday 28th May after an absence of 12 years. She was last here berthed in Valletta in July 2009. She was built in the Netherlands by Giessen-de Noord at Krimpen as yard no 986. […]
Cable Layer – TENEO
One of the most interesting Spanish built ships around the world is the 1992 built Cable Layer TENEO. She was built in Vigo, Spain by Astilleros Barreras for the Spanish Company – TE Connectivity Subcom based in Madrid Spain. First time in Malta she was seen back in May/June 2005 where she took bunkers and […]
Casualties – Cable Layer RESPONDER sinks after fire – 12.09.2020
The 2000 built 106 metres long cable layer RESPONDER sank on the afternoon of September 12th Seoul time, west of southern tip of Tsushima island in East China sea off South Korea. The ship went down after more than 12 hour long firefighting and rumours are around stating that the sinking was caused due to […]
Cable Laying News – NEXANS awarded cable contract in Greece – 27.05.2020
Nexans has been awarded a contract to design, manufacture, and install a 335 kilometre subsea high voltage direct current (HVDC) cable system for Ariadne Interconnection, a company 100 percent owned by Greece’s state grid operator IPTO. The interconnection will link the electricity network on mainland Greece to Crete. The project will provide security of supply […]
Enemalta – Interconnector Damage Access – 06.01.2020
Enemalta plc which was established in 1977 is the leading energy services provider in the Maltese Islands, entrusted with the generation and distribution of electricity, and the development of the national electricity distribution network. According to the latest released information Enemalta stated that the survey conducted by the offshore support vessel POLAR KING managed to […]
Cable Layer – OCEAN LINK
OCEAN LINK is one of the cable layer vessels around the Mediterranean Sea, currently off Haifa, Israel. She was built as CLAYMORE, a car and passenger ferry built in 1978 at Robb Caledon at Leith, Scotland as Yard no 522 for Caledonian MacBrayne. For ten years, she operated between Oban and the Outer Isles. Between October 2002 and March 2009, she […]
