Spirit
cable layer
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- Spirit
- IMO number
- 9496458
- MMSI
- —
- Call sign
- —
- Flag
- —
- Vessel type
- cable layer
- Gross tonnage
- 5,551
- Deadweight (DWT)
- —
- Length overall
- 90 m
- Beam
- —
- Year built
- 2010
- Builder
- —
- Registered owner
- —
- Operator
- —
Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About Spirit
Spirit is a cable laying vessel (CLV). She is owned by Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. She is a Bureau Veritas Hull Mach AUT UMS Dynapos AM/AT R Special Service Workboat Class. The vessel has a six-point mooring system (using her DP2 system). The vessel can also be beached, allowing her to do cable work onshore, she uses the Hi-plough, which is the latest in marine technology, allowing a deeper burial for the cable. The Spirit has been used in a number of wind farm projects in the United Kingdom since 2010, the first of the offshore wind farms was Walney Wind Farm, which is separated into two units, Walney 1 + 2, also there was the London Array and West of Duddon Sands. The Spirit beached approximately 750 metres (2,460 ft) south of Heysham Port to lay the export cable for DONG Energy (26 & 27 June 2010).
Summary from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA.
Frequently asked questions
- Where is Spirit now?
- Spirit has not transmitted a live position recently. Its identity and particulars are kept on this page, and its position will appear here the moment it is detected on AIS again.
- What kind of ship is Spirit?
- Spirit is a cable layer, built in 2010. The vessel is 90 m long and has a gross tonnage of 5,551.
- Has Spirit been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for Spirit appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).