The burial tool will be deployed for operation on Prysmian’s latest-generation deep-sea cable installation vessels, the Prysmian Monna Lisa and the Prysmian Alessandro Volta.
The Jill is the sixth vessel in a Rapport 2800 tugboat series designed by Robert Allan Ltd. and the second of two identical vessels designed specifically for Gulf LNG operations.
The tugboat is equipped with a BEH2YDRO high-output hydrogen dual-fuelled ICE and a high-pressure hydrogen gas storage system with large-capacity and supply system, supplied by JPNH2YDRO — a joint venture between TSUNEISHI Group and CMB.TECH.
In May 2024, SAAM launched two electric tugboats in the Port of Vancouver in Canada, making SAAM among the first zero-emission tug operators in North America.