The Department of Tourism, Transport and Sport have issued marine notice #14 of 2012, advising of forthcoming offshore construction operations on the East-West Interconnector Project.

From 1st April 2012 and continuing for a period of up to three weeks, the vessel Kingdom of Fife will be undertaking Pre-Lay Grapnel Runs (PLGR) along a 105km section of the interconnector route, between Rush, North Co Dublin and the Welsh coast. The vessel will be towing a grapnel rig up to 150 metres astern and should be given a wide berth by other vessels. Operations will be carried out on a 24hour basis and the vessel will display the appropriate day shapes and lights as required.

The full marine notice, including the detailed coordinates of the operations route is available from the Department’s website.

For an uptodate view of the Kingdom of Fife’s current location, visit www.marinetraffic.com

Skerries Coast Guard – a voluntary rescue unit of the Irish Coast Guard.