ILE DE RE cable ship

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ILE DE RE cable ship

Post by aukepalmhof » Tue Apr 01, 2014 1:46 am

Vanuatu issued a set of stamps in 2014 to commemorate the laying of a submersible cable between Vanuatu and Fiji. The vessel depict is the ILE DE RE.

By the issues the Vanuatu Post supplied the following information.
On November 25, 2013, the Alcatel-owned Subsea Cable vessel “Isle De Re” completed laying the 1,259km fibre-optic cable between Port Vila in Vanuatu and Suva in Fiji. The project was driven by Interchange, a Vanuatu-based company, who, in conjunction with the French telecommunications corporation Alcatel-Lucent managed this major $US30M undertaking.
The milestone cable project, which will link Vanuatu directly into the high capacity Southern Cross cable between Sydney and Hawaii, is to be officially opened on January 15, 2014. Dignitaries from both Vanuatu and Fiji will attend this historical event. The submarine cable system will have multiple benefits for both countries in the fields of communication, medicine and education to name a few.
A further link is underway between Vanuatu and Noumea which will further enhance the region’s attractiveness as an ICT hub by creating diversity in international cable routes for Vanuatu, New Caledonia and Fiji. Interchange is a Vanuatu-based company committed to a better future for Melanesia by providing nation-building telecommunications technologies and infrastructure to communities throughout the entire region.
ILE DE RE.
Built as one of the type RO 15 ro-ro cargo vessel under yard No 150 by VEB Mathias Thesen Werft, Wismar, East Germany for the VEB Deutfracht/Seereederei, Rostock, East Germany.
24 October 1981 launched as the GLEICHBERG, four sisters.
Tonnage 4,691 grt, 1,895 nrt, 6,704 dwt, Dim. 138.53 x 23.53 x 14.60m., draught 7.23m. Length bpp. 123.5m
Powered by two 12-cyl SKL DIESEL ENGINES 10,599 Kw ( 14,398 hp.), two controllable pitch propellers, speed 14,5 knots.
Accommodation for 33 crew and 18 truck drivers.
1,087 Lane metre for 167 trailers of 40’ or 475 cars or alternative 289 TEU’s containers.
One sternramp.
27 July 1982 completed with homeport Rostock.
She was the first East Germany built ro-ro vessel, and used in the trade from East Germany.
On her maiden voyage on 13 August 1982 at 03.13 from Rostock to Aqaba, Jordan loaded with a full load of trucks and spare parts she ran full speed in the Strait of Tiran on a coral reef in position 27 59 N 34 27 E,
Three salvage tugs succeeded to refloat her on 20 August 1982, she was towed to Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia for repairs,
18 JULY 1990 TRANSFERRED TO THE Deutsche Seereederei GmbH, Rostock.
From 06 September 1991 till 05 February 1994 chartered by Dublin Ferry Ltd., Dublin, Ireland and renamed CITY OF DUBLIN.
05 February 1994 transferred to Euroseabridge Schiffahrthsgesellschaft mbH, Rostock (Reederei F. Laeisz, Germany.), and used in the service between Rostock and Liepaja, renamed on 09 February 1994 again in GLEICHBERG.
1995 Chartered by Finn Carriers Oy at Helsingfors, Finland and used in the service between Helsingfors and Lübeck.
29 October 1995 till 03 December 1996 chartered by TT-Line at Hamburg, and used in the service between Travemünde and Trelleborg, Sweden.
January 1996 used in the service between Travemünde and St Petersburg.
August 1996 used in the service from Travemünde to Klaipeda.
23 October 1986 registered by Merkur Shipping Corp., Monrovia, Liberia.
October 1996 till December 1999 chartered by Transfennica and used in the service between Hangko, Finland and Lübeck.
27 December 1999 renamed in PREROW,
February 2000 chartered by Cotunav, Tunis and used in the service between Tunis and Livorno.
2000 Sold to Louis Dreyfuss, France and renamed in ILE DE RE.
2001 Refitted in a cable layer/repair ship by the yard of Remontowa S.A., Gdansk, Poland.
November 2002 delivered after the refit and registered for Louis Dreyfus Armateurs S.A.S, Port-Aux-Francais, and French Territory of Antarctic.
Tonnage 14,358 grt, 4,307 nrt, 4,500 dwt, dim. 143, 03 x 23.30 x 14.6m, draught 7.37m. Accommodation increased for ? persons.
02 May 2012 Registered for Alda Marine Ile de Re, Marseille, France.
2014 Same name and owners. IMO No 8200278.

Vanuatu 2014 40c/$6.00 sg?, scott?
Wallis & Futuna 2018 95f se-tenant sg?, scott?

(She was also on a other stamp see http://www.shipstamps.co.uk/forum/viewt ... f=2&t=7647
Source: http://www.faktaomfartyg.se/gleichberg_1982.htm and various other web-sites.
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2014 ILL DE RE.jpg
2018 ile dr Ré stamp.jpg

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