Abstract: An apparatus for laying out a cable comprising a frame structure through which the cable is moved. The apparatus has a top side cable guiding means which is mounted for rotation about a vertical axis of the frame structure.

Abstract: A combined apparatus for handling modules and tools and laying of elongated flexible articles from a vessel supported on a body of water, including a vertical passage through the vessel and a frame structure supported above the vertical passage, guide means on said frame structure for guiding said elongated flexible articles from above and down through the frame structure and the vertical passage, tensioner means supported in said frame structure for applying tension in said elongated flexible article, means for storing of modules and/or tools on board said vessel, means for bodily moving said modules/tools from the storing means and towards said frame structure, means in said frame structure for allowing moving of said modules/tools into said frame structure to a position below said tensioner means and above said vertical passage, and means on said frame structure for supporting and lowering said modules/tools down through said vertical passage.