Dimension Consultants and Bureau Veritas MOU on Cable Lay Vessel Design and Mission Equipment Home News Dimension Consultants and Bureau Veritas Sign MOU on Cable Lay Vessel Design and Mission Equipment Sep. 30 2026 LinkedIn Twitter Facebook share Framework covers independent design review and classification of power, fibre-optic and hybrid cable lay vessels; Maxwell Class hybrid vessel positioned as common platform for subsea fibre and power cable demand Dimension Consultants Pte Ltd ("Dimension"), a vertically integrated subsea services provider for cable transport and installation (T&I) projects, and Bureau Veritas Marine (Singapore) Pte Ltd ("Bureau Veritas", operating within Bureau Veritas' Marine & Offshore business line) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding establishing a three-year framework for cooperation on the independent design review, product verification and classification of subsea cable lay systems and cable lay vessel designs. The MOU was signed on 23 September 2026 at Bureau Veritas' Singapore office. The agreement formalizes an established working relationship covering Dimension's offering of cable carousels, cable storage systems and cable lay spreads, for which Bureau Veritas has provided independent design review and attended factory acceptance testing. Under the MOU, cooperation extends from mission equipment to complete vessel designs across three classes — Power Cable Lay Vessels, Fiber Optic Cable Lay Vessels and Hybrid Cable Lay Vessels — together with the integration of mission equipment into the vessel platform. Bureau Veritas will act as the principal technical office for plan approval and design verification. Maxwell Class: one platform for fiber and power cables Central to Dimension's vessel portfolio is the Maxwell Class — named after James Clerk Maxwell — a multipurpose hybrid cable lay vessel at preliminary design stage, engineered to serve four markets from one mobilization: long-distance fibre-optic lay and repair,