The French research vessel Abeille Marengo has completed the first phase of its work on the Greece–Cyprus electricity interconnector and is heading back to Heraklion, where it is expected to dock on Monday, 16 November, according to MarineTraffic data. In recent hours, the vessel has been carrying out seabed surveys while sailing in the opposite direction to its route of previous days, in order to cover again the sea area it has already mapped, Cretan news site Neakriti reported.
A scheduled stop
The return to Heraklion, the vessel’s home port, is part of the mission’s planning, as the stopover is needed for maintenance of the ship and rest for the crew. The survey programme under the six-month Navtex that has been issued provides for a further 14 similar returns to Heraklion. After each scheduled stay, the research vessel will set off again for the sea area southeast of Karpathos to continue its work.
Source: CNN Greece, Neakriti
