The Italian cable group said the barge AMT Explorer got into difficulties in international waters last Thursday while being towed by a barge. All crewmembers are safe.

The €28m ($38m) of cables were due to be delivered to the German North Sea for use at the 288MW Butendiek and the 210MW Deutsche Bucht projects.

Prysmian said it is working with TenneT, the network operator building the German North Sea grid “at their best capabilities to avoid consequences that may affect the project execution timetable”.

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