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# Orange Marine orders two new cable ships to secure Europe's subsea networks
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-11-03-orange-marine-two-cable-ships/
- Published: 2025-11-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-11T16:00:04.000Z
- Description: Orange Marine ordered two hybrid-electric cable ships from Colombo Dockyard, due in 2028 and 2029, giving the Orange group a four-ship fleet maintaining subsea cables across Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Compute and infrastructure, #news, #verified, #editor-read

Verified Editor-read [Orange press release, 3 November 2025](https://www.orange.com/en/assets/document/318888/download?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** It does not disclose the order's price or confirm any public funding behind it.

**How this item counts.** This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/).

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above; read and approved by the editor on 2026-10-11\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)