Monday June 22nd 2009 Project Kelvin is underway at Portrush, this is the Cable Layer
C.S Sovereign beginning her work on the high speed broadband link between NI and the USA
WORK began on Monday on the multi-million pound Kelvin Project cable site at the West Strand in Portrush.
The Kelvin Project will create a trans-Atlantic communication cable, bringing massive opportunities across Northern Ireland.
A large drilling rig will be assembled at the car park at the West Strand and will start drilling in around ten days time.
The rig will drill out from the car park to the beach. Then around June 20, weather permitting, a cable ship will leave Portland in Dorset to bring the cable to Portrush.
The ship will be visible for a week as divers will float the cable out towards the bore hole which has been drilled.
Mr Bullock added: “There will be around ten days disruption at the car park but this has been approved by Coleraine Borough Council who have been enormously supportive of the project.
“We will keep disruption to a minimum and we hope that everyone will realise that the improvements will far outweigh the disruption.”
Work on the cable landing station at Dundooan outside Coleraine should begin shortly after the Portrush leg of operations have been completed.
“There will be various different teams working on each part of the operation. The ship’s crew numbers around 35 and they will work 24/7.
“We are due to complete all the work by the end of the year. The there will be a period of testing before going live in March 2010.”
Cable Ship
Yard number 956
Delivery year 1991
Purchaser British Telecom
Built by Krimpen Shipyard
LOA 127.30 m
Lpp 106.94 m
Breadth 21.00 m
Depth 13.00 m
Design draught 5.90 m
Scantling draught 7.00 m
Speed 14.00 kn
Deadweight 7,455 t
DP Class 1
No workclass ROV's 1
Cable capacity 6,000 t
Cable lenght 4,400 km
Total inst power 11,800 kW
C.S Sovereign beginning her work on the high speed broadband link between NI and the USA
WORK began on Monday on the multi-million pound Kelvin Project cable site at the West Strand in Portrush.
The Kelvin Project will create a trans-Atlantic communication cable, bringing massive opportunities across Northern Ireland.
A large drilling rig will be assembled at the car park at the West Strand and will start drilling in around ten days time.
The rig will drill out from the car park to the beach. Then around June 20, weather permitting, a cable ship will leave Portland in Dorset to bring the cable to Portrush.
The ship will be visible for a week as divers will float the cable out towards the bore hole which has been drilled.
Mr Bullock added: “There will be around ten days disruption at the car park but this has been approved by Coleraine Borough Council who have been enormously supportive of the project.
“We will keep disruption to a minimum and we hope that everyone will realise that the improvements will far outweigh the disruption.”
Work on the cable landing station at Dundooan outside Coleraine should begin shortly after the Portrush leg of operations have been completed.
“There will be various different teams working on each part of the operation. The ship’s crew numbers around 35 and they will work 24/7.
“We are due to complete all the work by the end of the year. The there will be a period of testing before going live in March 2010.”
Cable Ship
Yard number 956
Delivery year 1991
Purchaser British Telecom
Built by Krimpen Shipyard
LOA 127.30 m
Lpp 106.94 m
Breadth 21.00 m
Depth 13.00 m
Design draught 5.90 m
Scantling draught 7.00 m
Speed 14.00 kn
Deadweight 7,455 t
DP Class 1
No workclass ROV's 1
Cable capacity 6,000 t
Cable lenght 4,400 km
Total inst power 11,800 kW