PIERRE DE FERMAT

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Four exchange crew members tested positive for coronavirus

Four Malagasy sailors were tested positive for Covid 19 on the 'Pierre de Fermat' on July 9, 2020, during the crew exchange which should take place in Brest They belonged to a group of 20 sailors for for a mission of several months.

Trawler hits an internet cable and sent broadband into meltdown

A specialist repair ship, the Pierre de Fermat, was dispatched to the Irish Sea where an ROV was then submerged to locate and damaged cable. Engineers have revealed how crews battled round the clock to repair a submarine broadband cable that broke halfway across the Irish Sea earlier this month. It's thought that a fishing trawler or ship's anchor was the most likely culprit for the cable break, which caused broadband speeds for customers to slow down earlier this month. http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/20000-leagues-under-the-sea-a-trawler-hit-an-internet-cable-and-sent-broadband-into-meltdown-31009132.html