Seaway 7, the renewables business unit of Subsea 7, is expanding its renewables fleet with a second cable lay vessel.
The company announced that the Seven Phoenix vessel would be converted to become a dedicated inner array grid and export cable installation and trenching support vessel.
Seaway 7 said the move would improve and grow its position in the submarine cables installation market.
The Seven Phoenix was originally constructed as a dedicated trans-oceanic submarine fiber optic cable lay vessel. Operational readiness is planned for Q2 2021, and subsequently, the vessel will operate under her new name Seaway Phoenix on her first Seaway 7 assignment.
According to data from VesselsValue, the Seven Phoenix vessel has been stacked in Gdansk, Poland, since 2018.