The repair · after you call
The repair
A repair is four jobs in a row: find the break, lift both ends, splice in new cable, lay it back. Below is what each one needs from you and how long we plan for it.
On screenTwo cut ends, fibres lined up, the arc that melts them together
From you
Three things
before we sail
- 01
Distance to the fault
From your shore station's reflectometer, in kilometres, with the fibre pairs that went dark.
- 02
The route position list
The cable's as-laid positions, so a distance along the cable becomes a point on the chart.
- 03
Cable type at the fault
Deep-sea or armoured shore end, and where your spare cable is held if it isn't aboard with us.
Our planning figures
On station by
Sailing within 24 hours, then 12 knots to your position
- Call-out to sailing
- 24 h
- Transit at 12 kn
- 25 h
- On station within
- 49 h
Weather and the state of the sea on station come first. If she is already at sea on another job, we tell you that on the first call.
At sea
Find · lift
splice · lay
Afterwards
What you
get back
- A splice record for every fibre pair, with loss at each joint.
- Traces from both shore stations, before and after.
- The as-laid positions of the repair and the U of spare cable, for your route list.
Next
Standby termsHow owners share a ship, what a repair costs by the day, and the fault report form.