The France Telecom Marine ship Raymond Croze arrived this morning and tied up at Pier 30. Alas The port had containers in the way so i coculdnt get an unobstructed view of her.
Updated – Picture from the Dartmouth Side.
This week saw the arrival of 2 cable ships. Earlier, IT International Telecoms IT Interceptor returned home to her base at Pier 9. Today, Wave Sentinal Arrived and tied up alongside the Interceptor.
Though Based in Canada, IT International Telecom Does work all over North America, and in the Carribean
The Survey vessel Coriolis II returned to Halifax Yesterday and tied up in Bedford. The Jetty in Bedford can support vessels this size, but it is a rare birthing location for a commercial Vessel.
Corriolos II was recently surveying a new transatlantic cable for Hiberia Atlantic. See The October 2011 Post on her departure.
The French Cable Ship Rene Descartes arrived in Halifax this morning and tied up at pier 25. Owned By FT Marine, she is dedicated to laying cable (as opposed to repair). She Is likely Here to Lay the Hibernia Atlantic Cable to the UK.
The Route for the cable was Surveyed back in October. See Previous Post
Though Tied to the University of Laval, Coriolis II is currently conducting an undersea Survey for Hiberina Atlantic. Hiberiana Atlantic is a sub sea cable operator who recently announced a new cable connecting New York with London. The shortest route across the ocean is a great circle route, and halifax happens to lie on the atlantic edge.
This particular cable is meant to be the shortest route between London and New York, to save 5-6ms (thats Mili seconds, or 6 thousandths of a second). To obtain the savings, the cable will have to be shorter then the all the others, which means it must lie perfectly on the great circle, and be pulled tight. The entire route will need to be surveyed.
Hiberia Atlantic’s Cable Landing site is in Herring cove.
