SubCom will be carrying out subsea cable installation operations in Irish waters off the coast of Co Mayo, scheduled to begin Thursday 18 August.
A total of three vessels will be working on the America Europe Connect-2 project: the guard vessel DR Defiant (callsign MLAS6), day vessel MV James (callsign EI-TT-2) and CS Durable (callsign V7DI8).
The latter of these vessels will be engaged in pre-lay grapnel run and cable installation works.
In addition, the CS Durable will be restricted in manoeuvrability and all vessels operating within this area are requested to keep their distance and pass at minimum speed to reduce vessel wash.
Throughout operations, all three vessels will be displaying appropriate lights and shapes.
SubCom advises that these activities will take 39 days to complete, however the start date and duration of the activity is weather dependent.
Coordinates and a map of the survey are as well as contact details can be found in Marine Notice No 53 of 2022, attached below.