“5,000t Submarine Optical Cable Ship (Primarily for submarine optical cable installation, proposed)——Self-propelled, unlimited navigation zone, CCS-classed; 131.4m long, 24m molded breadth, and 11.8m molded depth, with a full-load displacement of 17,500t and a cable-carrying capacity of 6,000t. Designed primarily for installing and repairing submarine optical and telecommunications cables, it can also install submarine dynamic cables and support offshore wind farm O&M. It features DP2 dynamic positioning and an ROV trencher rated for water depths of 2,000m. The ship can install and maintain long-distance, deepwater, high-capacity submarine optical cables, military underwater detection networks, and national ocean observation networks, and can undertake international submarine optical cable projects.
