Fleeming Jenkin

Steerprop solutions picked for giant cable layer Fleeming Jenkin

Rauma, Finland, based Steerprop has been selected to provide a comprehensive propulsion system solution for the for the world’s largest cable-laying vessel, the Fleeming Jenkin. Under construction for the Jan De Nul Group at the China Merchants Heavy Industry Haimen (CMHI) shipyard in China, it will have a cable capacity of 28,000 tonnes.

Jan De Nul orders giant cable layer

Steerprop’s fit-for-purpose propulsion system will help to maintain environmental performance and provide the...

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Jan De Nul orders new cable-laying vessel

Rendering of Jan De Nul vessels

Jan De Nul has placed an order for a new large cable-laying vessel to be delivered in 2026. The vessel will be a near-identical sister of Fleeming Jenkin, which will also be handed over to Jan De Nul in 2026. Like Fleeming Jenkin, the new vessel will be 215 metres long and will be able […]

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COLUMN | 2024 by the numbers: Cableships; methanol; the Nigerian Navy; BP and Equinor’s wind woes; Noble in Suriname and Colombia [Offshore Accounts]

We’ve passed Twelfth Night, so let’s look at some key numbers for the year ahead. This week’s lucky lottery numbers are 4, 10, 29, 177, and 470,000. Who is feeling lucky? Four newbuilds for wind: #1 Toyo Nature abhors a vacuum, and as Global Marine Systems, for two decades the former cablelay market leader, sinks […]

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COLUMN | Quick Updates: Atlantica buys DOF’s supply vessel flip; Maersk sells anchor handlers; battery power drive gains momentum in UK and Norway; Ocean Infinity wins grant; more cable layers ordered [Offshore Accounts]

Last week we looked at Britoil’s acquisition of 30 offshore supply vessels (OSVs) from Vroon for a price we estimated to be in the region of US$239 million, and the acquisition of the Vroon Offshore Services management teams in Singapore and Italy. We noted how the Dutch Bank ING had foolishly cut a side deal […]

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