WORK is continuing to fit out a subsea firm’s new cable laying vessel.
Engineers have installed part of the carousel to DeepOcean UK’s Maersk Connector.
Darlington-based DeepOcean welcomed the Connector to the region’s waters earlier this year, when the 138-metre long craft docked at A&P Tyne’s yard, and the carousel will eventually be capable of carrying up to 7,000 tonnes of cable for underwater energy projects.
Bosses say the ship will also carry a plough to dig routes for cables, adding, as the only one of its kind, it will be able to ground when fully loaded to install equipment from a beach, in shallow and deep water.
The Connector’s first voyage will focus on installing subsea cables on a Belgian offshore wind farm.
It will then lay cabling on the world’s largest offshore wind farm, in the Irish Sea, and fit a connection between the UK and Belgium to deliver more electricity to Britain.
DeepOcean employs more than 130 people across offices in Darlington and a marine site in South Bank, near Middlesbrough.
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