installation and trenching of a total of 136 km offshore export cables and a 23 km interlink cable; cables pulled ashore near Heysham
DeepOcean 1 UK Ltd was awarded a contract by DONG Energy for offshore export and interlink cable installation and burial for the Walney Extension offshore wind farm transmission link. DeepOcean’s scope included route engineering and the installation and trenching of 136 km of offshore export cables and a 23 km interlink cable, using the cable installation vessel Maersk Connector for offshore works planned during 2016. The cables were to be pulled ashore near Heysham and connect the two offshore substation platforms to shore.