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Cable-laying vessels, such as 'The Cable Innovator', are designed for laying and repairing underwater telephone cables and optical fiber networks. These ships are equipped with advanced cable handling equipment and can operate efficiently in extreme weather conditions. The vessels play a crucial role in supporting the global telecommunication network by ensuring the safe burial of fiber optic cables beneath the seabed.

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Cable

Cable-laying vessels, such as 'The Cable Innovator', are designed for laying and repairing underwater telephone cables and optical fiber networks. These ships are equipped with advanced cable handling equipment and can operate efficiently in extreme weather conditions. The vessels play a crucial role in supporting the global telecommunication network by ensuring the safe burial of fiber optic cables beneath the seabed.

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VESSEL TYPES

CABLE-LAYING SHIPS

Cable-laying vessels, also called cable layers, are specially designed for
laying and

repairing telephone cables across vast water areas like channels,

seas and oceans. Modern cable layers are as efficient in repair and
maintenance

operations as in long-haul cable laying.

The internet boom together with the extraordinary expansion of


telecommunication

has led to the growing demand for vessels specializing in laying sub-sea
optical fiber

networks.

“The Cable Innovator” seems to be the largest vessel operating in this


market. The

ship was built by Kvaerner Masa Yards in Finland. All cable-laying


operations are

carried over the stern, so the vessel can maintain a high speed and is not
slowed

down during cable work. Moreover, it can operate successfully in extreme


weather

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CABLE-LAYING SHIPS

conditions. It has been designed to deploy a remotely operated vehicle


(ROV). The

vehicle is connected to the ship via communication tether.

The most important cable handling equipment aboard “The Cable


Innovator” is the

electrically operated cable laying drum with various tension devices. The
drum

diameter is 4m long and has fixed-angle fleeting rings and blades for
controlling the

cable work. It is equipped with a special A-frame for handling the plough
used for

cable burial in the seabed.

Furthermore, “The Cable Innovator” is equipped with an echo sounder and


devices

for measuring the length of the cable laid out. While laying cables, all main
data are

monitored, logged and printed out as a quality control. The control system
can also

display all data accounting for the tension of the plough tow cable when
the vessel

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CABLE-LAYING SHIPS

operates and can activate the alarm in case the cable tension gets too
high. The

vessel automatically reduces its speed. When buried safely beneath the
sea bed, the

fibre optic communication cables constitute a vital part of our global


telecommunication

network

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