Maiden Call – BOKA FALCON at Valletta, Malta – 02.11.2022

One of the subsea construction support vessels owned by the leading global services provider operating in the dredging, maritime infrastructure and maritime services sectors – Boskalis, BOKA FALCON called at Grand Harbour, Malta last November, 2022 during her maiden call with the current name. She was built in 2011 by Drydock World in Singapore for […]

Offshore News – Solstad secures 6 vessels deal for a project – 31.08.2023

Norwegian OSV player Solstad Offshore has landed a deal with Ocean Installer, a marine construction player, formerly known as Havfram Subsea securing work for six ships on a project in West Africa. NORMAND IVAN entering Grand Harbour, Malta back to May, 2016. The contract, which starts in the fourth quarter of this year, will utilise NORMAND […]

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 […]

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 […]