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19 Sep 2025

DEME Orders New Offshore Construction Vessel from China

(Credit: DEME)

Belgium-based offshore installation services company DEME has ordered a new Offshore Construction Vessel (OCV), which will be built by PaxOcean at the Zhoushan shipyard in China.The new OCV will strengthen DEMEā€™s subsea cable installation capacity to meet the evolving global offshore wind market.Designed for versatility, the vessel will be capable of executing trenching, burial, and cable-laying operations, complementing DEMEā€™s existing cable installation vessels, Living Stone and Viking Neptun.Representing a sizable investmentā€¦

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