General information

IMO:
9248100
MMSI:
226291000
Callsign:
FNWZ
Width:
24.0 m
Length:
144.0 m
Deadweight:
Gross tonnage:
TEU:
Liquid Capacity:
Year of build:
Class:
AIS type:
Other Ship
Ship type:
Flag:
France
Builder:
Owner:
Operator:
Insurer:

Course/Position

Position:
Navigational status:
Restricted movement
Course:
241.9° / 6.0
Heading:
226.0° / 6.0
Speed:
Max speed:
Status:
moving
Area:
NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN
Last seen:
2024-03-27
1 day ago
 
Source:
T-AIS
Destination:
ETA:
Summer draft:
Current draft:
Last update:
8 days ago 
Source:
T-AIS
Calculated ETA:

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Latest ports

Port
Arrival
Departure
Duration
2024-03-19
2024-03-20
4h 34m
2024-02-14
2024-02-28
14d 22h 28m
2024-01-04
2024-01-09
4d 6h 28m
2023-12-11
2023-12-12
1d 3h 49m
2023-10-24
2023-11-19
26d 5h 10m
2023-10-10
170d 19h 39m
2023-10-10
2023-10-11
1d 11h 37m
2023-09-04
2023-09-11
7d 12h
2023-08-14
2023-09-02
18d 22h 15m
2023-07-28
2023-08-01
3d 22h 46m
Note: All times are in UTC

Latest Waypoints

Waypoints
Time
Direction
Strait of Hormuz
2024-01-04
Enter
Kukup Island
2023-10-09
Leave
Malacca Straits - Penang Island
2023-10-09
Leave
Malacca Straits - Port Klang
2023-10-09
Leave
Malacca Straits - North
2023-10-08
Enter
Jeddah South
2023-09-25
Enter
Jeddah North
2023-09-24
Enter
Note: All times are in UTC

Latest news

Hole in forward void

Wed Sep 23 20:42:25 CEST 2020 Timsen

The 'Rene Descartes' suffered a hole in a forward void tank 188 miles west-northwest of Nootka Island, British Columbia, on Sep 18, 2020. The crew carried out temporary repairs. The vessel proceeded to a shipyard in Vancouver for repaairs in drydock and then returned to the cable work area, ETA Sep 24.

Medevac off Coos Bay

Fri Sep 04 09:42:06 CEST 2015 Timsen

A Coast Guard helicopter crew medevaced a Frenchman reportedly suffering from a heart attack aboard the "Rné Descartes" 80 miles west of Coos Bay on Sep 3, 2015. Coast Guard 13th District command center watchstanders in Seattle received a notification from Rescue Coordination Center France personnel that the man was experiencing symptoms of a heart attack.An MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station North Bend safely transferred the 55-year-old man to emergency medical personnel at 6:33 a.m., who transported him to Bay Area Hospital in Coos Bay. Report with video: http://www.uscgnews.com/go/doc/4007/2592246/

Cable layer lost metal plough

Sun Oct 12 19:15:11 CEST 2014 Timsen

A six-tonne metal plough which was being used to bring broadband to the Western Isles was remaining stuck fast at the bottom of the sea. The plough named Elodie was being operated four weeks ago from the "René Descartes" when it snagged about 2.5 miles north east of North Uist, and a cable snapped. A specialist salvage operation to try and recover the cable laying equipment was to start later in Oct 2014. The bright yellow was lying more then 300ft beneath the surface, holding up the cable laying element of the £146 million north of Scotland fibre broadband scheme led by development agency, Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE). The two-pronged plough broke off from the "René Descartes" as it was digging a trench through heavy mud to bury miles of expensive fibre optic cable. Ship owners Orange Marine have called in salvage experts to attempt to recover the sunken equipment from the eastern entrance to the Sound of Harris, midway between North Uist and Harris. The maritime authorities have been notified of the sunken plough, which was marked by a surface buoy. Orange Marine has indicated the work to recover the plough is scheduled for between Oct 21 and 23 uisng a large boat with a winch. The procedure will be to use an excavator tool to loosen up the seabed around the plough. A ROV will put a sling around it and connect it to the winch and then it will be towed to shallow water. Currently the "René Descartes" was berthed in Mull. It has laid the Mull to Kilchoan cable and is now burying it with the ROV north of Tobermory. The salvage was meant to be completed by now to let the large cable-laying ship catch up with her timetable for installing the underwater network. One end of the fibre optic cable was landed ashore at Strond in South Harris on Thursday where it will run northwards into Lewis. Southward, the links for Uist and onward to Barra depends on getting the plough back.

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