WHERE IN THE WORLD ARE THOSE PESKY CABLESHIPS? BY KIERAN CLARK
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s the first quarter of 2023 wraps up it’s the perfect time to once again ask: Where in the World Are All Those Pesky Cableships? SubTel Forum tracks AIS updates every 6 hours from 53 vessels that make up the global cable ship fleet. Between January 1 and March 2, the cableship fleet logged 14,925 AIS updates based on SubTel Forum’s tracking system. Over half of these updates indicated no movement speed during this 60-day period showing no significant change in overall activity compared to the previous period. This lack of movement is generally attributed to repairs, scheduled maintenance and upgrades.
Vessel Activity JANUARY 1 – MARCH 2
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