The Life of Cable Engineer
For the last few years I've been based on a cable ship called Resolute. Our home base, which is where our cable depot is located, is in a city called Taichung, which is about halfway down the west coast of Taiwan. We're responsible for the maintenance of a number of fibre optic cables laying on the seabed in an area that stretches from Singapore up to Japan and out to Guam.
We have to be ready to sail on very short notice any time that a fault develops in one of the cables within our contract area. Because of the large area we have to cover and the need to be ready to sail at all times, we have to remain fully manned. This can sometimes lead to extended periods in port followed by a crazy rush when we get a call out to repair a damaged cable. |
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