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Penta-Ocean and Fuyo Lease announce joint ownership of world’s largest offshore wind construction vessels
Penta-Ocean Construction and Fuyo General Lease Co., Ltd. have announced that both Companies will jointly own two large work vessels for use in offshore wind construction: a heavy lift vessel (hereinafter HLV) and a cable laying vessel (hereinafter …
Jan 28, 2025 / Curious
PaxOcean Inks Contract with Penta-Ocean Construction for Cable Laying Vessel
PaxOcean has announced the signing of a significant contract for the construction of a Cable Laying Vessel (CLV), a key project in Japan’s rapidly growing offshore wind industry. This partnership marks the second collaboration between PaxOcean and …
Dec 11, 2024 / Vessels
NKT names new market leading cable laying vessel able to run on methanol
NKT has named its second cable laying vessel NKT Eleonora meaning shining light. She will boost the company’s offshore cable laying capacity, flexibility and be amongst the world’s first cable laying vessels designed to run on methanol reducing the …
Jun 3, 2024 / Vessels
VARD secures contract for one Cable Laying Vessel for Prysmian Group
VARD has secured a new contract for the design and construction of another Cable Laying Vessel for Prysmian Group in Italy. The contract value amounts to approximately euro 230 million. This is the third cable-laying vessel the Prysmian Group has …
Dec 21, 2023 / Vessels
XLCC successfully concludes model testing on world’s most sophisticated Cable Laying Vessel
XLCC, the innovative high-voltage direct current (HVDC) UK-based cable company announced on Wednesday that it has completed model testing on its new Cable Laying Vessel (CLV) for renewable energy focused business. The week of testing in the …
May 18, 2023 / Curious
VARD secures contract for the design and construction of one Cable Laying Vessel for NCT Offshore
VARD has announced that VARD 9 01 design has once again been chosen for the construction of a Cable Laying Vessel. The contract for the design and construction of the newbuilding is with NCT Offshore in Denmark. This is one of several cable layers …
Mar 13, 2023 / Vessels
VARD secures contract for one cable laying vessel for Prysmian Group
VARD has announced that the Company has secured a new contract for the design and construction of one Cable Laying Vessel for Prysmian Group in Italy. The contract value amounts to approximately euro 200 million. The new vessel will be very similar …
Nov 23, 2022 / Vessels
Boskalis acquires inter-array cabling contract for Borkum Riffgrund 3 and Gode Wind 3 offshore wind farms
Boskalis announces that it has been awarded an inter-array cable installation contract by Ørsted for the German Borkum Riffgrund 3 and Gode Wind 3 offshore wind farms. The contract includes the transport, installation and burial of a combined total …
Nov 10, 2021 / Vessels
High Tien Offshore to Acquire Taiwan's First Cable Laying Vessel
Taiwan-based offshore engineering company High Tien Offshore Engineering has said it will invest into and own the first Taiwanese large Cable Laying Vessel (CLV) to support Taiwan's growing offshore wind ambitions. Image courtesy of High Tien …
Sep 21, 2021 / Vessels
Jan De Nul successfully installed Formosa 2 Export Cables
Jan De Nul Group’s Cable Laying Vessel Willem de Vlamingh has successfully installed the four export cables with a total length of 34 km on the 376MW Formosa 2 offshore wind farm in Taiwan. This milestone marks the next step in the development of the …
Jul 23, 2021 / Vessels