Last week Prysmian, the global cable solutions provider leading the energy transition and digital transformation, announced a 7-year framework agreement with N-Sea. The agreement provides an effective solution to subsea cable maintenance and repairs. This service goes beyond European Commission ambitions for submarine cable protection, with Prysmian and N-Sea delivering a market-led solution. 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.
Under the agreement, N-Sea will deliver a full suite of repair and maintenance services for export and interconnector cables including 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 project management & engineering services, our specialised repair vessel CURO and a mobile subsea cable repair spread ready to be mobilised from our newly built Operations Support Base in IJmuiden (NL) to any additional vessel of opportunity required.
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.
N-Sea is proud to provide this solution to Prysmian to ensure the long-term safety of undersea cables. Our capabilities are fully in house developed, to ensure preventive and reactive maintenance services in a unique and effective fashion. The agreement allows Prysmian to offer an unique one-stop-shop solution for the global high voltage submarine cable market and enables them to provide drastically reduced repair times.
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.”
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.”
About N-Sea
N-Sea is an end-to-end subsea services provider. With a fleet of 14 multipurpose vessels and a range of in-house systems and equipment, N-Sea delivers smart, fit-for-purpose solutions for subsea infrastructure projects in every stage of the offshore asset life cycle for customers in the international offshore energy industry. Our bespoke solutions focus on specific subsea capabilities, such as survey, UXO ID & clearance, cable repair & installation, or IRM, construction & decommissioning.
With the support of an experienced, multidiscipline offshore operations team, we integrate these bespoke capabilities into a single project, delivering a smart, fit-for-purpose, safe and sustainable solution that improves the efficiency of subsea projects and reduces projects risks for our customers.
N-Sea Group is a privately owned company headquartered in the Netherlands, with more than 500 people working offshore and onshore, onboard vessels and in facilities across Europe and the Middle East, and a revenue of more than €200M in 2025.
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About Prysmian
Prysmian is a global cable solutions provider leading the energy transition and digital transformation. By leveraging its wide geographical footprint and extensive product range, its track record of technological leadership and innovation, and a strong customer base, the company is well-placed to capitalise on its leading positions and win in new, growing markets. Prysmian’s business strategy perfectly matches key market drivers by developing resilient, high-performing, sustainable and innovative cable solutions in the segments of Transmission, Power Grid, Electrification and Digital Solutions. Prysmian is a public company listed on the Italian Stock Exchange, with almost 150 years of experience, over 33,000 employees, 107 plants and 27 R&D centres in over 50 countries, and sales of over €17 billion in 2024.
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