On July 9, Shanghai Zhenhua Port Machinery (ZPMC) held a steel cutting ceremony for the project to build a high-capacity, multi-purpose cable-laying vessel for Far East Submarine Cable Co., Ltd.
Reportedly, the vessel has an overall length of 148 meters, a beam of 38 meters, and a draft of 11 meters. It has a crew capacity of 100, a maximum operating depth of 150 meters, and a cable-carrying capacity of 15,000 metric tons, and is capable of sailing in unlimited navigation zones. The vessel is equipped with a concentric dual-outlet rotatable cable drum and features DP2 dynamic positioning capability; its cable-carrying capacity ranks among the top in the country.
Independently researched and designed by the Crane and Pipe-Laying Center of ZPMC, the vessel is suitable for a wide range of offshore engineering applications, including subsea cable laying for offshore wind farms, inter-island power interconnection, subsea cable maintenance, as well as the installation of marine umbilical cables and the operation and maintenance of offshore wind farms.
On November 18 of last year, Far East Submarine Cable announced that it had formally signed a contract with ZPMC for the construction of a multi-purpose cable-laying vessel with a large cable-handling capacity, marking a significant step forward in the strategic cooperation between the two companies in the fields of offshore engineering equipment and energy support services.