Kalypso Offshore Energy plans new Jones Act cable lay vessel

Kalypso cable layer

New York City headquartered Kalypso Offshore Energy LLC reports that it has signed a letter of intent with Royal IHC covering the construction of a Jones Act compliant cable lay vessel that, it says, will fill a key gap in U.S. offshore wind vessel capabilities.

Drawing on Royal IHC’s extensive engineering capabilities and Kalypso’s industry insight, the partnership aims to domestically produce a state-of-the-art 5,000-ton CLV.

Kalypso’s CLV has been designed and constructed to meet Jones Act...

https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/offshore-wind/kalypso-offshore-energy-plans-new-jones-act-cable-lay-vessel/

Mystery buyer orders cable layer at Vard

With offshore wind farm development creating the need to lay a lot of cable, demand for cable layers can only be expected to grow. One beneficiary of this is Fincantieri’s Norwegian subsidiary Vard. Today, came news that it has signed a contract worth EUR 200 million to EUR 250 million (about $218 million to $272 million) to build a cable laying vessel for a mystery buyer described only as an “undisclosed international customer.”

The order comes less than one week after Vard’s announcement of...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/mystery-buyer-orders-cable-layer-at-vard/