Jan De Nul has signed an agreement with Anglo Belgian Corporation (ABC) Engines for the delivery of methanol marine engines for what is said to be the world’s largest cable-laying vessel (CLV).
Jan De Nul has placed an order for four 7,200 kW engines and one 1,800 kW engine that can run on (bio)diesel, HVO and methanol with ABC for the new CLV Fleeming Jenkin.
Anglo Belgian Corporation (ABC) located in Gent, Belgium, is a leading European manufacturer of medium-speed engines in the power range between 600 and 10,400 kW. The company develops and manufactures reliable and innovative medium-speed engines for the energy and transport industry (propulsion engines and generating sets for marine applications and diesel-hydraulic or diesel-electric engines for locomotive traction applications).
To remind, Jan De Nul announced in October 2023 that it had placed an order for the extra-large CLV at China’s CMHI Haimen shipyard.
Fleeming Jenkin will have a cable-carrying capacity of 28,000 tonnes and will be equipped with three cable carousels, two mounted on deck and third below deck, and a large hold for fiber optic cables, capable of laying up to four cables simultaneously.
The vessel is said to be the first ULEv vessel with methanol engines. According to the partners, using green methanol, the engines are climate neutral and due to the unique combination with the ULEv technology they meet the strict Stage V standard for particulate matter and Euro 6 standard for nitrogen.
The vessel will also be equipped with a dual exhaust filtration system, which removes nitrogen oxides through a diesel particulate filter (DPF) and a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system, which removes up to 99% of nanoparticles from the emissions.
The vessel is named after Henry Charles Fleeming Jenkin (1833-1885), born in England and a Regius Professor of Engineering at the University of Edinburgh, who, as an electrical and cable engineer, was an active pioneer in offshore cable installation.
At the end of last year, Jan De Nul and its consortium partners LS Cable & System and Denys signed contracts for two 525 HVDC cable systems serving the two grid connection systems for BalWin4 and LanWin1, for which it will use a variety of specialized vessels and assets including Fleeming Jenkin.