Fugro has completed the first phase of cable laying operations on time at the Rampion Offshore windfarm.
The installation of 60 cables was completed at the end of last month.
The company said this was three more than the 57 cables which had originally been planned.
Subsea construction vessel Fugro Symphony commenced site operations in August after transporting 75km of cable to the Rampion site off the UK’s Sussex coast.
Sister vessel Fugro Saltire completed cable burial in November using Fugro’s high performance Q1400 subsea trenching system.
Both vessels will return next spring, complete with Fugro’s full cable installation equipment spread, to install the remaining 62 cables in phase two. Completion is expected by summer 2017.
Mike Daniel, business manager for construction at Fugro Subsea Services, said, “The cable laying operation at the Rampion site shows the successful integration of our trenching services with full subsea cable installation for offshore wind farm developers. We have been particularly satisfied with the performance of the new track base unit we developed for our FCV deepwater ROVs.”
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