WHERE IN THE WORLD ARE THOSE PESKY CABLESHIPS? BY REBECCA SPENCE
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elcome back to Where In The World Are Those Pesky Cableships! As noted back in March, the global fleet of vessels have been hard at work this year, as have several vessel repair companies. After finishing the final EllaLink splice in the first quarter, the Ile de Sein went into the Damen Shiprepair Dunkirk location for some much-needed TLC. According to Damen the work will include removal of both rudders and propellers to renew both tailshafts along with various other tasks. The C/S René Descartes also spent time in dry zdock to receive a new coat of paint among other things, in South Korea. As of mid-April she is back in the water and back at work. Over the past 2 months, 44% of the daily entries reported no movement, and only one vessel remained stationary for the entire period. Figure 3 shows that there were 5 vessels still in transit,
though all were scheduled to arrive at their subsequent destination within a week’s time. The top 4 regions of activity have stayed the same
Figure 1: Ile de Sein entering Dunkirk, Photo by Nicolas Boulanger COURTESY LOUIS DREYFUS ARMATEURS
Figure; 2 C/S René Descartes PHOTO COURTESY THOMAS QUEHEC
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