Cable ship Responder briefly put in to pier 9, departing this morning for her home base in Baltimore. She appears to be returning form some North Atlantic work, and was last noted passing Newfoundland on the 29th.
Category: cable
The cable ship resolute at anchor off the Herring Cove landing site. The cable has apparently been pulled onto land, and the shore based connections and testing are likely under way.
the Cable Ship Resolute arrived at pier 25. She will be laying the Hibernia Express Cable. The Bow Crane if for an ROV, where the stern crane is used fro a cable plow, that will lay and bury the cable.
The Cable Ship Decisive is due to arrive at anchor today, Signalling the beginning of construction of the Hibernia Express Cable. Decisive has a costing trade license to do prework, including route clearance, before resolute comes to Lay the cable. The General Cargo vessel Ocean Crescent Loaded cable handling equipment
Having been announced, and in planning for the last 2-3 years, the Hibernia Express undersea cable is to start construction in March. the route was surveyed back in 2011 2 Coasting trade applications have been filed for Cable Vessels. the CS Deceive will be used to perform the route clearance,
The Alcatel Lucent Cable Ship Ile De Sein arrived this morning and tied up at Pier 9. The IT Intrepid moved out and anchored in the Basin to make room at the pier. No coasting Licenses have been issued for her to work in Canadian waters, so this is likely
The French Cable ship Rene Descartes arrived in halifax for pier 9 today. She was last in Halifax in March of 2012. As a pure cable layer, she does not perform repair work.
The cable ship IT Intrepid arrived back at Pier 9 yesterday and tied up along side IT Interceptor.(above) She sailed tonight at 1900 for Newfoundland Where The ship will be used to recover and repair a broken fiber optic cable in the Cabot Strait, near Rosé Blanche. Though owned by
Cable Ship IT Interceptor returned from a cable repair in Cape Bretton yesterday. As she is registered in the Bahamas, a Coasting Permit was required, before she could perform the work. A coasting permit allows a non Canadian Flagged vessel to work in Canadian waters, when no suitable canadian vessel
The Cable Ship Responder arrived today at noon, and docked at pier 9. One of TE Subcom’s Reliance class of Vessels, Her sister Tyco Resolute was the subject of an episode of Discovery’s Mighty Ships. She is based in Baltimore. MD.