Ulstein CRIST. CLV Nexans Electra on the Water

Photo: Ulstein

By Marek Grzybowski

At the Ulstein Verft shipyard, the hull of the Nexans Electra (CLV) cable-laying vessel was launched from a floating dock on November 13th of this year. The vessel’s equipped hull was built by shipyard workers in the dry dock of the CRIST S.A. shipyard in Gdynia.

Source: Skipsteknisk

The Cable Laying Vessel Nexans Electra was designed by Skipsteknisk. The vessel is equipped with equipment for laying and servicing submarine cables. Large sections of power or fiber optic cables will be transported on the cable drums. The crew of the CLV Nexans Electra will lay high-voltage electrical transfer cables on the seabed. These are the cables that transmit electricity from offshore wind farms.

The NB317 jet vessel is a third-generation vessel. The NB314 was previously built. Its equipped hull was built two years earlier at CRIST. The vessel is equipped with a precise positioning system, ensuring precise cable laying on the seabed. The CLV Nexans Electra is 155.2 meters long and 31 meters wide. The NB317 vessel has a 3,500-ton operating carousel, which allows for efficient cable laying. The vessel’s storage capacity allows for the transport of 14,000 tons of cable: 10,000 tons will be spooled on the main carousel of the CLV Nexans Electra. The vessel can load 450 tons of fiber-optic cable and 3,500 tons of cable on the second carousel. With the ability to lay up to four cables simultaneously, it will also ensure efficiency and versatility in underwater operations.