Malta Ship Photos & Action Photos

PASSER BY - Cable Layer ILE DE BATZ - 20.02.2018. The 2001 built FRA flag cable layer ILE DE BATZ  was spotted passing by 83 nautical miles North Easterly off Valletta, Malta bound to Singapore from Calais, France on Tuesday 20th February 2018.  She was built in South Korea by Hyundai Mipo Dockyard at Ulsan with 140 metre as length overall.         Below is image of the vessel leaving Valletta back to 22nd April, 2004 - Photos by Capt. Lawrence Dalli. Do not use these images without my permission. © All rights reserved. Malta Ship Photos & Action Photos - www.maltashipphotos.com

Fugro to install new undersea power cable in South Australia Fugro has been awarded a contract to install a subsea power cable for South Australia’s distribution network management company, SA Power Networks. The new 20,000 kVA/33,000 Volt cable will replace the existing 10,000 kVA/33,000 Volt undersea cable, which is reaching the end of its life. The subsea asset is a continuous 15-kilometre-long cable, weighing 600 tonnes and connects Kangaroo Island to the distribution network on the southern Fleurieu Peninsula, south of Adelaide. Fugro will design and supply the power cable and will use its multi role support vessel, REM ETIVE, to install it across Backstairs Passage, from Fishery Beach on the mainland to Cuttlefish Bay on Kangaroo Island. “As a multi-disciplinary project delivery and subsea services provider, we operate high specification vessels and remotely operated technology, enabling Fugro to deliver turnkey solutions like this one,” said Marcus Hemsted, Business D...