The laying of the new fiber cable is scheduled to start summer of 2025. Nexans Norway AS accomplished significant achievements in December 2025 with the hull launch of Nexans Electra at Ulstein Verft and Space Norway awarding them with a contract for Bodo-Fauske link fibre-optic cable installation work. “In terms of connectivity, Norway used to be the final stop on the European network system. The Nexans Electra is based on the ST-297 cable-laying vessel (CVL). The vessel will be owned and operated. Space Norway has launched an ambitious project to lay the first underwater fiber-optic cable connecting the Norwegian mainland with the Svalbard Archipelago and the remote island of Jan Mayen. The project involves the construction of a new high-capacity fibre optic cable stretching from Trondheim to. In June 2025 Megamas Resources announced a ship design contract with Norway-based Ulstein Design & Solutions AS to start the engineering phase on a fibre-optic cable-laying vessel (CLV) planned to be built at the Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven GmbH. Tiew Sien Kheng, managing partner at Megamas.
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