OMS Group Cable-Laying Vessel CS Resilience Reaches Keel-Laying Milestone at CRIST Shipyard

13 October 2026
Edited By: Haley McQueen

Construction of OMS Group's next-generation cable-laying vessel, CS Resilience, has reached a key milestone with the laying of its keel at CRIST Shipyard in Gdynia, Poland, on September 17, 2026.

Ulstein CEO Gunvor Ulstein, OMS Group Chairman Datuk Lim Soon Foo and OMS Group Executive Director Datin Janet Ng witnessing the keel laying ceremony of CS Resilience at CRIST Shipyard in Gdynia, Poland. (Image credit: OMS Group Sdn Bhd.)

The keel laying marks the start of hull assembly for the first of two vessels being built to the ULSTEIN SX252 design for OMS Group’s GREAT-Class fleet. CS Resilience represents a step forward in the Group’s investment in owned marine assets to expand its capacity for submarine cable installation and maintenance.

Purpose-built for increasingly complex subsea projects, the 130-meter CS Resilience is designed to provide greater cable capacity and operational efficiency, with capabilities including cable installation and maintenance, subsea cable burial of up to three meters, and ROV-supported subsea operations.

The vessel’s hull is being built at CRIST Shipyard before being transferred to Ulstein Verft in Norway for outfitting, systems integration, commissioning, and final delivery.

The GREAT-Class fleet forms part of OMS Group’s strategy to strengthen its delivery capabilities across the digital infrastructure value chain. The new vessels, together with the Group’s capabilities in cable landing stations, terrestrial fiber networks, and managed connectivity services, will support a more integrated approach to delivering connectivity infrastructure for customers.

Scheduled to enter service in 2028, CS Resilience will expand OMS Group’s capacity to install and maintain submarine cable networks, strengthening the subsea foundation of its end-to-end connectivity solutions across Asia-Pacific and beyond.