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PIRIOU unveils cable vessel design

By: Tom Russell 27/11/2020 PIRIOU

Cables General Vessels

PIRIOU has developed a new cable layer vessel, designed to lay and repair both fibre-optical and energy cables. This vessel will be able to lay cables on wind farms as well as repair a damaged cable on the continental shelf or deep sea.

Vincent Faujour, PIRIOU Group C.E.O. commented: "This project represents one year of intense teamwork for PIRIOU INGENIERIE design department. The result reflects their commitment and allows us to widen our product range with the cable vessels segment."

The vessel is entirely designed and developed by the Piriou Ingenierie teams in Concarneau France. The vessel measures 100 metre in length with a breadth of 18 metres. It will capable of a maximum speed of 14.5 knots with endurance for up to 35 days of 10,000 miles. It is to provide accommodation for up to 49 people.

It is designed with a slender hull taking into consideration sea keeping, crew working comfort and cable works. PIRIOU stated that this especially optimised hull will enable the cable vessel to burn less than 10 tons of fuel per day in transit at 12.5 knots and is already compliant with the IMO III regulation.

Equipped with two storage tanks, it is able to embark and handle up to 1,000 tons cables -energy of optical-fibre- as one of its tanks is fitted with a carousel to deploy the energy cable. The R.O.V room, integrated in the superstructures, provides weather protection for the R.O.V and allows deployment in safe conditions.

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