MID-SECTION CABLE LAYING OPERATIONS
OFFSHORE WIND MARINER UPDATE NO. 78
STATUS: Active
On or about the 9th of April and continuing through July, weather depending, the Cable Barge ULISSE will be towed to site by the tug FINN FALGOUT where it will then begin conducting Cable Laying operations of the mid-section cable, off Cape Poge. Attending the ULISSE cable laying operations will be the support vessels MENA C & MARTIN P that will be performing anchor handling for the operations. Fishing vessels listed below will be operating around the activities as safety vessels to monitor traffic and facilitate the safe movement of fishing vessels, recreational craft, or other transiting vessels, around the work sites and project vessels.
PLEASE NOTE: All Mariners transiting or fishing in the area are requested to give a wide berth to the vessels as they are limited in their ability to maneuver, and the Cable layer ULISSE will have gear out 1500m ahead of the vessel and up to 1500 meters behind the vessel. The ULISSE will operate on a 5-point mooring spread utilizing the full width of the Offshore Export Cable Corridor (OECC). The mooring spread will consist of four positioning anchors positioned up to 1 km or 0.54 nm from the barge and a single pulling anchor positioned up to 1.5 km or 0.82 nm. Her anchors will be deployed with pennant buoys and will be marshalled by various support vessels. Vessels in the vicinity of the operations are requested to operate in a manner as to not endanger the vessel or associated equipment. Passing arrangement can be made via VHF with the vessels. Please monitor USCG Broadcast Notice to Mariners during periods where the Muskeget Channel will be encumbered.
All vessels will be standing by on VHF channel 16
LOCATION(S): Midsection Activities – Beginning just offshore of Cape Poge area and continuing along the cable corridor down Muskeget Channel to the WDA.
CLB ULISSE
Flag: Malta
Length: 400’
MMSI#: 249651000
FINN FALGOUT
Flag: USA
Length: 142’
MMSI#: 367586250
MENA C
Flag: United Kingdom [GB]
Length: 87’
MMSI#: 235090339
MARTINE P
Flag: United Kingdom [GB]
Length: 87’
MMSI#: 235091541
SAFETY VESSELS:
TENACIOUS ii
Flag: USA
Length: 40’
MMSI#: 367554870
Captains: Eric Hesse
F/V ROCK & ROLL
Flag: USA
Length: 43’
MMSI#: 338308973
Captains: Mohawk Bolin
HELEN H
Flag: USA
Length: 85’
MMSI#: 367554870
Captains: Dylan Phaneuf / Tyler Huckemeyer
ANGLER
Flag: USA
Length: 69’
MMSI#: 367730840
Captain: Joseph Huckemeyer
NANTUCKET SOUND
Flag: USA
Length: 75’
MMSI#: 367614750
Captain: Joseph Huckemeyer
f/v chicawa
Flag: USA
Length: 75’
MMSI#: 368213310
Captain: Calvin Perry
Safety/Scout Vessel Statement:
The Safety/Scout Vessel listed as working on this project may at times work on other projects and for other developers. We will try to keep the list updated, but occasionally the vessels switch from one project to another overnight to back each other up for short periods of time and this will not be reflected on the website.
VINEYARD WIND
Crista Bank, Fisheries Manager, Cell: 508-525-0421 • Email: cbank@vineyardwind.com
Jeannot Smith, Marine Liaison, Cell: 904-613-0134 • Email: jsmith@vineyardwind.com
Travis Lowery, Fisheries Liaison, Cell: 508-728-4529 • Email: tlowery@vineyardwind.com
VineyardWind.com • info@vineyardwind.com • 508-717-8964
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