Drying Cabinets Handy On Board Nexus
In 2014, Pronomar equipped Van Oord’s offshore cable laying vessel Nexus with three drying cabinets, each responsible for the drying of eight sets of workwear.
Nexus, a 126-meter Damen Offshore Carrier (DOC) 8500 cable laying vessel was delivered to Van Oord in December and is currently being finalized at Damen Shiprepair at Vlissingen, where Van Oord is building and installing the additional cable laying equipment.
According to Pronomar, the building crew has already made good use of its dryers, adding that due to the winter weather conditions in the Netherlands, the dryers come in handy for a rapid drying and warming of the crew’s jackets and boots.
Pronomar said its cabinets, which are made of sheet steel and powder coated baked, with the fitted drying systems, completely made of seawater resistant stainless steel 316, guarantee a fast and efficient drying process of the work gear.
Vaan Oord will deploy Nexus for the installation of electricity cables for offshore wind farms, initially at the Gemini offshore wind farm to be constructed 55 kilometers to the north of Schiermonnikoog.