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Installation joint venture

Both vessels are fitted with DP class 2 equipment with a cable turntable capacity of around 5,000 tonnes and are wholly owned by the two parent companies. Boskalis and VSMC recently worked together on developing the Trenchformer, a multi-purpose cable trencher capable of dealing with many different types of soil and cables. The trencher is able to bury cables in water depths of up to 400m. As well as working alongside a cable-laying vessel ,the Trenchformer can be deployed independently. An extensive testing program is currently underway in the Maasvlakte industrial area and the Moerdijk, after which the Trenchformer will be deployed on projects from the summer.

Royal Boskalis Westminster NV (Boskalis) and Royal Volker Wessels Stevin NV (VolkerWessels) are to establish a cable installation joint venture. Boskalis and VolkerWessels will each hold a 50 percent stake in Visser and Smit Marine Contracting Holding BV (currently a 100 percent subsidiary of VolkerWessels), which will continue its activities under the name VSMC. The joint venture will primarily focus on the installation of offshore power cables. Boskalis and VSMC already work together on a project basis and the two companies are enthusiastic about the collaboration. Through this cooperation VSMC will have access to two cable-laying vessels, the Stemat Spirit and the Ndurance.

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