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MMT finish seabed surveys

4C Offshore | Matthew White
By: Matthew White 07/06/2018 MMT
MMTMMT has recently completed a geophysical seabed survey and delivered the final report for the proposed AQUIND Interconnector offshore cable route.

MMT surveyed a corridor between Portsmouth in the UK and the coastal region of Dieppe in France. MMT utilised two vessels: M/V Franklin for offshore works and M/V Seabeam for nearshore works.

Four cables, bundled as two pairs, will be installed along the surveyed route totalling approximately 190km in length. No major obstacles to the cable route were uncovered during the survey.

The survey results will inform Environmental Impact Assessments in both countries and will be further refined during the geotechnical survey campaign. AQUIND and its advisors are keeping all stakeholders in both countries informed of the ongoing activities.

“This is a major milestone in the development of AQUIND Interconnector,”
said Kirill Glukhovskoy, managing director, AQUIND. “We thank MMT for a job well done. The results of the survey will form an integral part of the project’s final design.”

“Following completion of the geophysical survey we look forward to our continued work with AQUIND to deliver a successful Geotechnical campaign to further characterise the seabed conditions along the cable route,”
said Nils Ingvarson, Chief Commercial Officer, MMT.

The AQUIND Interconnector remains on schedule according to the development programme and  looks forward to working with MMT on the geotechnical campaign to analyse seabed soil during the summer of 2018..

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