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Eva Schinkinger, CEO

Following a recent keel-laying ceremony, DEME’s latest subsea cable installation and trenching vessel, Living Stone , is under construction at the LaNaval shipyard near Bilbao, Spain. The vessel will be equipped with two turntables below deck, each with 5,000 tons cable capacity. Together the turntables can transport over 200km of cable for installation in a single trip. A third carousel can be accommodated above deck with an additional load capacity of 2,000 tons and a 600-ton crane. A system developed in-house by Tideway is said to enable the Living Stone to install cables faster, more efficiently, and in longer lengths than any other cable installation vessel. Living Stone features DP3 (dynamic positioning) capability and dual-fuel engines, LNG being its prime fuel. The vessel has a green passport and clean design notation, awarded to owners and operators who choose to design and operate their vessels in an environmentally sustainable approach. Living Stone will be deployed by DEME’s Dutch subsidiary, Tideway. The vessel is scheduled for delivery in the second quarter of 2017. Advanced cable ship

Plant investment

Austria’s cable and wire harness maker Gebauer & Griller Kabelwerke GmbH is looking to invest around $11 million to expand its output capacity in Moldova. The company describes its operations as a supplier of thermoplastic-insulated cables and wires. The potential expansion could create about 400 new jobs in Moldova, with a further 400 employees to be added when the production facility reaches its full capacity in 2018. The investment was unveiled by Eva Schinkinger, the company’s managing director, following a meeting with officials from the Moldovan ministry of economy. Gebauer & Griller Kabelwerke currently operates a plant in northern Moldova, partly financed by an investment loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). Established in 1940, Gebauer & Griller Kabelwerke supplies its output to the automotive, telecoms, elevator and escalator industries. The Vienna-based company also has operations in the US, Mexico, India, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

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