ABL has been awarded a contract to provide marine warranty survey services for the installation of three 2GW export cable systems – the IJmuiden Ver Beta, IJmuiden Ver Gamma, and Nederwiek 2 – all part of TenneT’s 2GW programme in th Netherlands.
Combined, the cables for the three projects are over 500 kilometres in length and will export 6 GW of electricity to the grid. ABL’s scope of work includes the technical review and approval of all documentation, procedures, and drawings related to the warranted activities, as well as suitability surveys. ABL’s German operation will also resource on-site attendances at both fabrication and loadout sites, as well as offshore, to review and approve warranted transportation and installation operations. ABL’s Germany branch, based in Hamburg, will manage the project. The project will run until 2029. ABL has not disclosed the value of the contract.