MISCELLANEOUS
–Ships Responsible for Undersea Cable Damage Located With
Satellite Imagery
(April 7 & 14, 2008)
India-based cable company Reliance Globalcom used satellite imagery to identify two ships whose anchors damaged the company's undersea cables earlier this year. The ships were located in the port of Dubai and impounded. (((Dang!)))
Owners of a Korean-owned ship, the MT Ann, admitted liability, paid US $60,000, and had the MT Ann released. The other ship remains impounded. The MV Hounslow, which is believed to be
Iraqi-owned, allegedly abandoned the anchor that caught in the cable and caused the damage; Reliance is seeking US $350,000 in connection with the incident.
http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2008040759181200.htm&date=2008/04/07/&prd=th&
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=116x16610
(((Thats some pretty hairy corporate intelligence on the part of Reliance Globalcomm. I wonder who's running the show there.)))
(((It's also pleasant to learn that this sabotage was caused by wandering idiots instead of anti-Internet submarine ninja mujihadeen commandoes.)))
