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Van Oord newbuild cable vessel launched

By: Tom Russell 19/10/2022 Van Oord

General Vessels

Van Oord revealed that its newbuild Cable Laying Vessel (CLV) Calypso has been launched at VARD’s Tulcea shipyard. The build is progressing according to schedule.

Van Oord's new CLV will be equipped with a below-deck cable carousel and a second carousel on deck, with total cable-carrying capacity of 8,000 tons. The vessel will be deployed mainly on inter-array grid and export cables for offshore wind projects. The vessel is also able to install High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) cables. Van Oord’s cable trenchers can also be operated from this vessel.

The CLV has been designed with sustainable technologies in order to reduce the carbon footprint during operations and port standby. Further to the possibility to run on bio fuel, this hybrid vessel has future fuel ready engines with built-in flexibility to anticipate e-fuels. It will have a large battery pack, a shore supply connection and a energy management system. This set-up is expected to result in a reduction of CO2, NOx and SOx emissions.

This new vessel is Van Oord's second cable-laying vessel, in addition to Nexus. Van Oord previously stated that its intelligent cable lay control system will be a further evolution from Nexus. It measures 130 metres in length and 28 metres across the beam and will be Dutch flagged.

For more information on vessels used in the installation and maintenance of major offshore wind farm components and cables, click here.

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