SRI LANKA PRODUCES HIGH-TECH CABLESHIP

Japan’s new cableship has the capability to lay subsea power lines as well as fibre optic cable, and to work worldwide (image: VARD).

Shipbuilding in Sri Lanka has reached a new level of achievement through the construction of a 5,300dwt ocean cablelayer for Japanese telecoms group KDDI, writes David Tinsley.

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