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Global fleet of cable ships
Brest, World48.39°N 4.49°W
computed criticality12/100
reading
≈60–65 cable ships in service; average repair ≈40 days
2024Fault line
Some sixty specialised ships, mostly over twenty years old, handle the laying and repair of the entire global internet. Average repair times reach several weeks, up to months when permits are slow. By 2040, about two-thirds of the maintenance fleet will reach the end of its life, with no renewal plan to match.
Actors
Orange Marine (Brest, La Seyne)
Global Marine (Chelmsford)
SubCom (Eatontown)
ASN Marine (Calais)
Depends on 1
Shipbuilding, China · Korea · JapanChokepoints · Critical anchor↗Feeds 1
Global network of submarine cablesChokepoints↗Shocks endured
Sabotage in the Baltic, EstLink 2 and C-Lion1Dec 25, 2024↗Sources