10.06.2011 Nessie III videos are posed on Youtube

Nessie III performance in Wadden Sea, Northern Germany, The Wash, in England and in test crossing the man-made gulley has been posted on Youtube. Please follow the link to watch the videos. read more

01.10.2010 The Island of Neuwerk Replaces its Leaking Drinking Water Pipeline

The cable laying company Christoffers from Wiefelstede near Oldenburg modified its machine park so that the installation of the nearly continuous connection to the island could be realised within a shortest timeframe. Over the entire 9-kilometre stretch and an installation depth of 4 metres in the tidal mudflat, just a single pipeline connection had to be made at sea. With an installation speed of 1200 metres per hour, the project was completed within three working days. read more

27.05.2010 Islanders receive a long drinking water pipeline

On Wednesday the works have begun in the mudflats near Sahlenburg to lay a new drinking water pipeline to the island of Neuwerk. A special trencher will bury the 9-kilometre long polyethylene water pipe 4 metres deep into the mud, all in a single operation. This way the disturbance in the ecosystem in the tidal mudflats will be minimal. The job should be done by next Tuesday. By Thomas Sassen, Cuxhavener Nachrichten. read more

04.07.2009 After 51 years, the island of Hiddensee will finally get a new cable

Hiddensee: Where is that? The tiny island in the Baltic Sea will get a new electrical cable which will be laid from Rügen. And how do you lay a cable to an island? A cable transporter with a giant reel will drive through the Schaprode Bodden and lower the cable onto the ocean floor. read more

02.07.2009 "Nessie" Connects Hiddensee

Nessie, the shallow water trencher built by the company Christoffers, buries two two-kilometre long electrical cables within a week to provide electricity to the German island of Hiddensee. By Udo Burwitz,, Ostsee Zeitung read more

02.07. 2009 E.ON edis renews the power line to the island of Hiddensee

E.ON edis is currently laying a new power line which is to be connected to the medium voltage network on the island of Rügen to secure the electricity needs of the over 1000 inhabitants and their many holiday guests. read more

09.06.2008 "Nessie II" digs deep trenches in the North Sea Mudflats

The subsea cable trencher built in Conneforde weighs 93 tons. In just a few days this self-propelled giant is to bury an 8.5 km long subsea cable 10 meters deep into the mudflats.By Claus Stölting, Nord-West Zeitung read more