Jan De Nul Group orders Fleeming Jenkin, a cable-laying vessel, at the CMHI Haimen shipyard. Fleeming Jenkin will have a cable-carrying capacity of 28,000 tonnes and the vessel will serve the renewable energy and subsea cable industry in installing cables over longer distances and in deeper waters.
The vessel will be equipped with three cable carousels and a large hold for fibre optic cables, capable of laying up to four cables simultaneously. Two carousels are mounted on deck, with a third below deck. The vessel will be delivered in 2026.
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