Overview
- The vessel was launched by flooding the dry dock at CMHI Haimen in China on October 21 and has entered final construction and sea-trial preparations.
- With a 28,000 t cable-carrying capacity, the ship features three carousels (two on deck and one below) and can lay up to four cables simultaneously.
- Delivery is scheduled for the second half of 2026, when the vessel will begin work on TenneT’s 2 GW program connecting offshore wind to the Dutch and German grids.
- Its first campaign covers four connections totaling more than 2,800 km of cable installed over a route exceeding 700 km.
- Classed as an ultra‑low emission vessel, it can run on biofuel and green methanol and uses a hybrid power plant with a 2.5 MWh battery; Jan De Nul is also expanding its fleet with twin vessel William Thomson and the SRIV George W. Goethals.