Prysmian to enhance the security of submarine cables with rapid response provision for maintenance and repair services

• PRYSMIAN AND N-SEA SIGN 7-YEAR FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE THE MOST EFFECTIVE SOLUTION TO MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS, COMPLEMENTING PRYSMIAN’S PROPRIETARY MONITORING SOLUTIONS 

• THIS SERVICE GOES BEYOND EU COMMISSION AMBITIONS FOR SUBMARINE CABLE PROTECTION, WITH PRYSMIAN LEADING A MARKET-LED SOLUTION

Prysmian today announces a 7-year framework agreement with N-Sea, a Dutch integrated subsea solutions service provider for rapid response maintenance and repair of submarine cables. This solution will complement Prysmian’s proprietary monitoring solutions and its overall Inspection, Maintenance, and Repair (IMR) capabilities – bringing to the market the most effective solution to submarine cable maintenance and repair. The announcement goes beyond the recent request of the European Commission to ensure the safety of critical energy and telecommunications infrastructure, by providing the first market-led solution. 

Thanks to this agreement, Prysmian is the only solutions provider to have a vessel that is fully dedicated to inspection, maintenance and repair operations. This unique capability will ensure the fastest and most effective response to any disruption. Under the terms of the agreement, there will be dedicated engineering services, a specialized vessel, and skilled and qualified high voltage jointers ready to intervene. 

This agreement will ensure that customers, and the public, will benefit from enhanced energy security, bolstering the resilience of this critical infrastructure, addressing prevention, detection, response, and reinstatement. 

Prysmian is proud to provide the only market-led solution to ensure the long-term safety of undersea cables which is also delivered thanks to its proprietary monitoring capabilities fully in house developed, to ensure preventive and reactive maintenance services in a unique and effective solution. The full offer makes Prysmian a unique one-stop-shop solution provider for the global high voltage submarine cable market able to drastically reduce repair times. 

Raul Gil, Transmission EVP at Prysmian: "Over the past months it has become clear to the world just how essential undersea cables are. They are at the heart of our collective energy security and digital connections across the world. The European Commission has called for a solution, and we are proud to be the only player that can achieve a market-led response. Prysmian will provide a solution like nobody else – from monitoring, maintenance, repair and rapid response, there is nobody else like Prysmian, and we are eager to work with our customers to roll-out this service which will become a “must have” for any undersea cable solution worldwide.” 

Jack Wattel, Director Subsea Cables N-Sea: "We are excited to partner with Prysmian in this groundbreaking agreement. Our combined expertise and resources will provide unmatched capabilities in the operation & maintenance of submarine cables.”