Northern-Franklin

MMT has commenced an offshore geophysical survey for the AQUIND Interconnector project. The works will involve a geophysical survey of the proposed cable corridor between the landfall areas near Portsmouth in England and near Dieppe in France, the Company said in a media release. MMT will utilise two vessels: M/V Franklin for offshore works and M/V Seabeam for nearshore works. The vessels are equipped with latest state-of-the-art survey technology including multibeam echo sounders, side-scan sonars and sub-bottom profilers. AQUIND, MMT and their representatives maintain ongoing contact with UK and French fisheries, which may be affected by the survey, in order to mitigate any potential impact on their fishing activities.

MMT Norway has been contracted by Nexans Norway AS to carry out a pre-engineering marine survey of an 80m-wide corridor between Qalet Marku in Malta and Marina di Ragusa in Sicily. The Enemalta Corporation is responsible for the 100km project for the HVAC Malta-Sicily Submarine Electrical Interconnector that has a nominal capacity of 200MW. The survey will be carried out by the 56-metre long MMT survey vessel Franklin. More to read at http://www.independent.com.mt/news.asp?newsitemid=136456