9月19日,烏斯坦挪威船廠與船東Nexans Marine Operations AS簽訂一艘鋪纜船的新造合同。
該船船長149.9m,型寬31m,動態定位DP3,住艙人數90人,具備13500t載纜和鋪纜能力,其中主甲板上纜框承載能力為10000t,甲板下3500t,另外還配備450t的光纜纜框。該船為長距離鋪纜而設計,能夠滿足多種海底電纜的鋪設和維修。
烏斯坦船廠于2021年向船東Nexans Marine Operations AS交付鋪纜船Nexans Aurora,本次合同將要建造的新船在Nexans Aurora基礎上做了升級設計,將更適合惡劣海況的施工作業。兩艘船都由Skipsteknisk公司設計。
Nexans執行副總裁Pascal Radue先生如此評價:We awarded the contract for a new vessel to Ulstein after an extensive tendering process,where Ulstein’s track record,including the delivery of Nexans Aurora,was important factors in deciding on the shipyard Ulstein Verft yet again.We are looking forward to working with Ulstein for this new exciting projec