WHERE IN THE WORLD

ARE THOSE PESKY CABLESHIPS?

BY REBECCA SPENCE

The global cableship fleet absolutely took 2021 by the horns and it definitely shows in the amount of progress made. As you might have seen earlier in the analytics article of month’s issue, 14 systems were implemented last year. While lower than the previous two years, it is still greater than the number of systems prior to 2019. Not to mention the number of systems that churned through landings in 2021 that are working on their final steps before commissioning can occur.

In the last half of 2021 alone, the following systems completed landings around the world.

Grace Hopper landed in Bude, UK, OAC landed in Perth, Australia, PEACE cable landed in Marseille, and Southern Cross NEXT in Takapuna, Kiribati, Tokelau, and Coogee Beach! This is by no means an exhaustive list, but talk about progress!

So this month, take a look at some of the amazing images shared by crews and cableship aficionados around the world. As always, please tag @SubTelForum with your cableship posts, so we can highlight them in an upcoming issue of SubTel Forum Magazine! STF

Figure 1: Bold Maverick landing PEACE in Malta November 2021

Figure 2: Raymond Croze completing repair in East Mediterranean

Figure 3: CS Dependable, OAC – Cocos Beach Landing, Photo Courtesy of Subcom

Figure 4: Rainbow seen by Bold Maverick PEACE cable work courtesy of Captain Bruce Sharp

Figure 6: Limin Venture laying BaSICS October 2021

Figure 7: Ile de Sein Southern Cross Next August 2021

Figure 5: Ile de Re laying Southern Cross NEXT in November 2021

Rebecca Spence

REBECCA SPENCE is the Project Manager from Submarine Telecoms Forum. Rebecca possessed more than 10 years’ experience as an analyst and database manager, including for the small business division of prominent government contractor, General Dynamics IT. She is a regular contributor to SubTel Forum Magazine and is based out of Hillsborough, North Carolina USA!

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