Van Oord has expanded its cable laying and burial capabilities with the deployment of its new trencher Dig-It, which has started its first job at Orsted’s 450MW Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm in the German North Sea.
Dig-It is a tracked remote-controlled trench jetting and cutting system and has been mobilised on the offshore supply vessel Rem Saltire to support the cable-laying vessel Nexus at Riffgrund 2. The work should be completed by July this year.
Van Oord said Dig-It is also known as the Q Trencher 1600 and has total installed power of 1200kW.
Once a cable has been laid on the seabed, the trencher can bury wires up to three metres deep depending on the configuration and soil characteristics.
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Van Oord joins burial business
By EBS