ATALANTI

Atalanti is a DP-2 cable laying vessel whose hull was built in China in 2008 and subsequently powered, outfitted and converted in Greece, with major conversion campaigns completed in 2012 and 2014 to optimise her for shallow-water cable work.[24][25] She is owned and operated by Asso.subsea Ltd., which uses the vessel as part of its dedicated subsea construction and cable installation fleet.[26][27] Technically, the vessel is classed with ABS under notation ✠ A1, Barge, DPS‑2 and is equipped with an ABS-certified Class II dynamic positioning system controlling five 1,000 hp azimuthing thrusters and one 2,400 hp Voith Schneider propulsor, giving her fine station-keeping capability.[24][25][1][2][31][51] She is designed to carry up to 4,500 tonnes of submarine cable on one or two electro‑hydraulically operated turntables at a maximum hull draught of 4.26 m, and features spud cans plus a four-point mooring system for positional redundancy in very shallow waters.[1][2][23][24][25][28][31][51] Accommodation is provided for 77 persons, allowing her to sustain project teams during extended offshore campaigns.[1][2][51] In terms of market orientation, Atalanti is purpose-built for cable laying and protection works in shallow waters that are not normally accessible to large cable-laying vessels, including beach approaches and constrained nearshore corridors.[1][2][23][51] Asso.subsea deploys her internationally on power cable projects, including export and inter-array links for offshore wind and other subsea transmission schemes, particularly where shallow-draught access and precise station keeping with spuds and DP are required in remote or nearshore environments.[1][2][23][49][51]