Van Oord has ordered a new cable-laying vessel. The ship will be built at Damen Shipyards’ wharf in Romania and will be completed at the end of 2014. The ship is intended for the installation of electricity cables for offshore wind parks.
Van Oord is making preparations for the Gemini wind park project, which will be constructed 60km to the north of Schiermonnikoog, one of the Dutch Wadden Islands. The cable-laying vessel will be deployed at that site, among others.
The new multipurpose vessel will have a dead weight of 8500 tonne, be 120m long, with a beam of 28m and a DP-2 system.
It will be equipped with a cable carousel with a capacity of more than 5000 tonnes and an offshore crane that will enable it to lay heavy and long export cables.
On board, 90 people can be accommodated. The cable-laying vessel forms part of the Van Oord strategy to offer a complete package for the construction of offshore wind parks as an EPC contractor.
