Aquatic to Lay Subsea Power Cables off Canada

Aquatic Engineering and Construction Ltd. has been awarded a contract to lay power cables for the main provider of electricity in British Columbia, Canada.

The contract will see Aquatic deliver a multi-reel solution, making the operation faster and supporting its partners to manage costs and resources, the company said.

The shallow water project will commence later this week in the tidal estuary of the Strait of Georgia. Aquatic will lay approximately 15 kilometers of 87 millimeter diameter electrical power cable, and will be operating in a busy shipping lane between Vancouver Island and mainland British Columbia, close to the U.S. border. 

Aquatic said its multi-reel solution enables the project vessel to perform fewer of the 230 kilometer trips between the quayside and the project site, and effectively reduces the barge transit distance by 2,000 kilometers. The solution will provide considerable time and craneage cost savings by having all four reels loaded on the vessel at the start of the project, rather than mobilized individually. 

The equipment was mobilized from Aquatic’s U.S. base at Morgan City, La. Having a full suite of equipment in North America enabled Aquatic to swiftly respond once the project date had been agreed.