China is set to build its largest self-propelled, pure electric-powered cable-laying vessel after a construction deal was signed between Nantong Xiangyu Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering and Shanghai Yuanwei Construction Engineering Co, a unit of Zhongtian Technology Group (ZTT).
According to industry sources, the vessel will be 139.8 meters long and 38 meters wide, and is being designed by the Marine Design and Research Institute of China (MARIC).
It will...