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Chantiers de l’Atlantique awarded Smulders, through its subsidiary Iemants and in collaboration with Eiffage Métal, an EPC contract for two jackets that will support the offshore HVDC converter stations for the Centre Manche 1 and Centre Manche 2 grid connections in France. The work, to be executed from Smulders’ Belgian facilities with final assembly in Vlissingen, will deliver jacket foundations of about 7,000 tonnes each for 1.25 GW converter platforms, with construction planned to start in 2026 and offshore installation of the Centre Manche 1 jacket scheduled for 2029.