Toyo Construction deploys Japan’s largest-class cable-laying vessel　東洋建設、国内最大級の自航式ケーブル敷設船を投入

Ishikari Bay New Port to serve as home port from October as major shipping companies expand subsea infrastructure businesses

10月から石狩湾新港を母港、海運大手も海底インフラ事業強化

　Toyo Construction Co Ltd has taken delivery of DISCOVERY, a hybrid-powered self-propelled cable-laying and construction vessel ordered from Norway’s VARD, a designer and builder of specialised vessels.

　As development of offshore wind power and long-distance subsea high-voltage direct-current transmission networks progresses, the capacity to lay and maintain fibre-optic submarine cables supporting international communications is also emerging as an economic security issue.

■The full article covers the following points (approximately 2,000 Japanese characters)

→ Toyo Construction to deploy DISCOVERY, Japan’s largest-class self-propelled cable-laying vessel

→ Vessel equipped with cable tanks with a total capacity of 9,000 tonnes and DP Class 2 for a wide range of offshore operations

→ DISCOVERY to make an approximately three-month voyage to Japan, with Ishikari Bay New Port to serve as its home port from October

→ NYK, MOL and K Line are also expanding their activities in offshore wind and subsea infrastructure

→ Submarine cable-laying capacity is taking on greater importance from an economic security perspective

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東洋建設、国内最大級の自航式ケーブル敷設船を投入

10月から石狩湾新港を母港、海運大手も海底インフラ事業強化

　東洋建設は、特殊船の設計・建造を手掛けるノルウェーのVARDに発注していたハイブリッド式の自航式ケーブル敷設・建設船「DISCOVERY」の引き渡しを受けた。

　洋上風力発電や長距離海底直流送電網の整備が進む一方、国際通信を担う光海底ケーブルでは敷設・保守能力が経済安全保障上の課題として浮上している。

■記事本文では以下の内容を読むことができます（記事全文約2,000文字）

→ 東洋建設、国内最大級の自航式ケーブル敷設船「DISCOVERY」を投入へ

→ 総容量9,000トンのケーブルタンク、DP Class 2を搭載し幅広い洋上工事に対応

→ 約3カ月かけて日本へ回航、10月から石狩湾新港を母港に

→ 日本郵船、商船三井、川崎汽船も洋上風力・海底インフラ関連事業を展開

→ 光海底ケーブルの敷設能力、経済安全保障の観点からも重要性高まる

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