Isaac-Newton

On Jan 7, 2016, a worker was injured in an accident on board the "Isaac Newton" in Borg Havn, Frederikstad, where it was loading a 7,000-tonne cable. The man suffered a serious head injury. There were four men who worked to lay the cable on a big drum when it slipped and hit one of the workers at the head. A helicopter took him to Kalnes. He was described as stable later and was monitored. Norwegian reports with photos: http://www.f-b.no/nyheter/fbdirekte/arbeidsulykke-om-bord-i-bat-pa-ora/s/5-59-350120 http://www.nrk.no/ostfold/lettere-skadet-etter-arbeidsulykke-1.12738454

The delivery ceremony of yard 507 „Isaac Newton“, a sophisticated multipurpose vessel for a range of specific marine tasks and built by Uljanik shipyard for the Luxembourg Company Sofidra S.A., was held in Uljanik on 27th November 2015, the shipyard’s press center says. This vessel has a length of 138 m and width of 32 m, deadweight of 13,436 tonnes and is equipped for the laying of cables on the sea floor and covering the channels on the sea floor in which the cables are laid. The ship may also be used for the transport of cargo on the open deck, for example wind turbine or may be used as a working platform for construction tasks, undersea or offshore projects, and for this purpose the ship is equipped with two deck cranes for undersea works.