WHERE IN THE WORLD ARE THOSE PESKY CABLESHIPS? BY REBECCA SPENCE
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nother quarter has come and gone, and much of the world is entering a cautious new form of normal. Currently, the fleet of cableships across the globe do yet seem to have returned to full steam, progress is still being made where possible. Currently, 15% of the vessels in the fleet are currently in transit, this decrease is 12% lower than what we were seeing in the beginning of the year when 27% of the 47 vessels were actively in transit. But one factor to keep in mind is that not all projects require as much transit time as others and are able to complete their tasks and return to post more often than others. Another aspect that we have been tracking, is the speed and general location of each vessel over the last several months. According to the daily status tracker, a vast majority of vessels do not spend more than a handful of days actively moving long distances. Roughly
80% of the vessels in the fleet have been logging a daily speed of under 1 knot. There was an increase in speeds seen in the data pulled in May, that is likely a result of some vessels being called back to port to await instruction because
Figure 1: Arrived at Destination
Figure 2: Reported Daily Speeds - Comparison
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