First steel for Nexans’ cable layer
The vessel is being built to a ST-297 CLV Skipsteknisk design with its hull built at Crist in Poland. Outfitting, system integration, equipment preparation, testing, sea trials and final outfitting work will be undertaken at Ulstein Verft in Norway.
The Aurora will be capable of laying power cables including bundle laying, jointing repair, cable system protection and trenching. Nexans’ senior executive vice president, Subsea and Land Systems Business Group at Nexans, said that the vessel will be used for the “installation of our cutting-edge submarine cables to help bring more energy to the world, connect offshore wind farms to the grid, support electrification of offshore petroleum installations and create interconnectors between countries”.
The vessel is due for delivery in 2021.