DEME Offshore has completed array cable installation at the 487MW SeaMade offshore wind project off the coast of Belgium.
The marine contractor’s Living Stone vessel installed 64 lengths of wire totalling some 71.2km.
The ship operated at peak production level, DEME said, laying up to three cables per day.
DEME Offshore general manager Bart De Poorter said: “This peak performance level could only be achieved thanks to our crew on board of Living Stone and the dedicated project team and partners involved.
“Everyone on board and on shore made exceptional efforts to ensure the project remained firmly on track, maintaining safe operations at all times during the COVID-19 pandemic.”
He added: “The large cable storage capacity, with two turntables below deck, combined with a very high workability, enables DEME to perform the installation works of entire wind farms within a single campaign and with minimum delay due to port calls or harsh weather conditions.”
SeaMade chief executive Mathias Verkest added: “I am proud to see another campaign successfully concluded at both of the SeaMade concessions, Mermaid and Seastar, bringing us another step closer to the realisation of the SeaMade offshore wind farm.”