Jan De Nul to install French floating wind export cables

Jan De Nul has won a contract to install the export cables that will transport the renewable energy from France’s first commercial-scale floating wind farms from the offshore substation to shore. The two wind farms, off the coast of southern Brittany, will have a total installed capacity of 750 MW, and French transmission system operator RTE has now awarded a framework agreement to Jan De Nul, in partnership with Hellenic Cables, to supply and install the export cables. Each cable will have a...

https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/offshore-wind/jan-de-nul-to-install-french-floating-wind-export-cables/

Jan De Nul orders next gen plug-in hybrid TSHD

Jan De Nul Group has signed a contract with India’s Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) for the construction of a next generation, plug-in hybrid TSHD (trailing suction hopper dredge). With a length of 79 meters and a hopper capacity of 2,000 meters, the plug-in hybrid TSHD will be the smallest in Jan De Nul Group’s hopper fleet and is specifically designed to operate in small harbors.

The contract with Goa Shipyard is for one vessel, with a delivery period of 24 months, and includes an option to...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/dredging/jan-de-nul-orders-next-gen-plug-in-hybrid-tshd/

Jan De Nul orders giant cable layer

Upping the ante in the cable layer market, Belgium’s Jan de Nul Group has placed an order at the CMHI shipyard in China for an extra-large cable-laying ship. Set for delivery in 2026, it will have a cable carrying capacity of 28,000 tonnes. That compares with the 13,500 tonnes cable capacity of the cable lay vessel just ordered at Ulstein by Nexans.

The Jan De Nul newbuild is named Fleeming Jenkin after Henry Charles Fleeming Jenkin (1833-1885), a regius professor of engineering at the...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/jan-de-nul-orders-giant-cable-layer/

Jan De Nul orders advanced crane simulator

The Jan De Nul Group has ordered a high-end crane simulator to support its two next-generation offshore installation vessels, Voltaire and Les Alizés.

The crane simulator will be based on real physics and the actual vessel models, enabling Jan De Nul to train its crewmembers and realistically simulate — in a completely safe environment — complex offshore installations under the most severe conditions. Its partner for the development of the simulator is the Norway-based company OSC AS (previously...

https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/offshore-wind/jan-de-nul-orders-advanced-crane-simulator/