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CABLE SHIPS

The DP3 newbuild, vested with a The Korean ship forms part of a sup- Bay waterfront in Virginia. total cable capacity of 13,500-tonnes ply chain strategy implemented by par- Persisting geopolitical instability on three turntables, furthers the Au- ent organization LS Cable & Systems, along with energy transition goals rora concept, having the wherewithal which includes expansion of LS Green- look set to continue to expand the to lay up to four cables simultane- link, the US submarine cable manufac- market for building and maintaining ously, conducive to large-scale, time- turing subsidiary on the Chesapeake subsea infrastructure. critical schemes. Assigned to Nexans

Marine Operations of Oslo, Nexans

Electra ful? ls new environmental goals through a hybrid power system and ? ve Bergen B33:45L6A-driven main gensets able to run on bio diesel blends. The integrated ABB power and propulsion setup in closed-ring con- ? guration affords high fault tolerance and optimized engine use in DP mode.

Italy-headquartered Prysmian

Group took delivery in July 2026 of a unique power cable burial tool produced in the UK and destined for utilization on the company’s lat- est deep-sea cable installation vessels

Prysmian Monna Lisa and Prysmian

Alessandro Volta.

The heavy-duty plough is the ? rst of two contracted from subsea en- gineering ? rm SMD in north-east

England and provides the where- withal for electric cable burial at a maximum ? ve metres beneath mean seabed level.

A Turkish yard is the cradle for a

South Korean cable layer project, overseen by a Norwegian manage- ment company with recourse to a

Norwegian design house. First steel was cut in June 2026 at Tersan Ship- yard’s Yalova premises on LS Ma- rine Solution’s 148-metre newbuild, scheduled for completion during the ? rst half of 2028.

Developed by Salt Ship Design, the vessel will provide a capabil- ity spanning high-voltage AC, high- voltage DC, and ? ber optic cable.

Having been responsible for the critical drawing approval stage, OSM

Thome is now handling on-site con- struction supervision.

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