Taihan Cable & Solution is moving to deploy the Skandi Connector, described as South Korea's largest submarine cable-laying vessel, as it pushes deeper into the global offshore wind market and tries to raise profitability through end-to-end execution. The company held a safe-voyage ceremony at Orient Shipyard in Busan's Gamcheon Port and reviewed the vessel's operating systems and departure preparations before its first assignment at the Yeonggwang Nakwol offshore wind project in South Jeolla Province later this month. Acquired in May and delivered in July, the 11,000-ton CLV is equipped to transport, lay and bury large-capacity submarine cables, with an onboard trencher, an ROV used for burial work, to place cables beneath the seabed for protection from external damage. Taihan said the vessel will operate in a two-track installation system with its existing ship, identified in earlier company material as PALOS and in the latest statement as Pharos, reflecting a strategy to shorten construction timelines, improve efficiency on large projects and strengthen its competitive position in turnkey submarine cable contracts.