Prysmian supplies marine cables for cruise liners

A Prysmian Cables and Systems product story

Edited by the Electronicstalk editorial team Nov 23, 2009

Prysmian Cables and Systems has supplied approximately 5,000km of energy and telecommunications shipboard cables for the STX-Europe-built Oasis of the Seas cruise liner.

The company has also been awarded another contract by STX Europe for the delivery of the marine cables for Oasis of the Seas's sister ship Allure of the Seas The new agreement, which represents the second step of the Genesis Cruise Vessel project, covers the supply of power and telecommunication cables for a total value of approximately EUR4.5m (GBP4m).

Most of the supplied cables are manufactured at Prysmian's Pikkala facility in Finland, but also in Italy and Germany.

Prysmian manufactures marine cables in six countries (Italy, Germany, Spain, Finland, Turkey and China) and offers a complete range of advanced shipboard products, which include medium- and low-voltage power cables, instrumentation, and control and telecommunication cables, in both standard and fire-resistant versions.