Major milestone passed for Nexans’ Aurora

The C/S Aurora will be outfitted for power cable laying, including bundle laying, cable jointing, repair, cable system protection and trenching.

“This is a proud moment for Nexans and an important milestone for the organisation,” said Vincent Dessale, senior executive vice president subsea and land systems business group at Nexans. “With this modernisation we will further strengthen our ability to deliver green power for the future.”

“The Aurora will play a key role in the installation of our cutting-edge submarine cables to help bring more energy to the world, connect offshore wind farms to the grid, support electrification of offshore petroleum installations and create interconnectors between countries,” he added.

The hull is being built at Crist in Poland, while the engineering, outfitting and system integration, equipment preparations, testing, sea trials and finalising will be carried out at Ulstein Verft, Norway. The ST-297 CLV is designed by Skipsteknisk.

The contract was announced in July 2018 and the Aurora will be delivered in 2021.