Ørsted selects AMS Trenchlessfor cable landing works on Hornsea 3

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North Lincolnshire firm AMS Trenchless has been awarded the cable landing works contract on Ørsted’s Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm.

AMS Trenchless, based in Scunthorpe, will undertake specialist works at the landfall site at Weybourne, North Norfolk where the offshore cables meet the onshore cables. Using Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) - a method of installing ducting, pipes and cables beneath existing infrastructure without disruption - AMS Trenchless will install underground cable ducts that allow export cables to be pulled to land from a jack-up barge without using trenches or disrupting the existing sea defences. This contract builds on the existing relationship between the east-coast firm and Ørsted, the world’s largest offshore wind... ... More: Official Press Release Ørsted

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Ørsted, offshore, wind farm, AMS Trenchless, cable landing work, Hornsea 3, UK, HDD, drilling, landfall site, seabed, developer