After the equipment mobilization that started 2001-07-27 11:00, ship left the port of Messina 2001-07-27 at 16:30. The seismic operation started 2001-07-28 in the morning with the deployment of the seismic streamer for weight balancing and of the seismic source. The first line was run 35 NM S of Messina with direction SSE. 2001-07-29 in the afternoon the streamer was recovered and partially oil-filled. After a port call to Riposto-Giarre 2001-08-02 for crew exchange, the operations in the Ionian Sea and in the Malta Escarpment stopped 2001-08-10 in the evening when ship left the area S of C.Passero heading to the Strait of Messina and to the Aeolian Islands.
The operation in the Aeolian Islands started 2001-08-10 early afternoon with the streamer and source deployment, up to 2001-08-14 early in the morning when the intrumentation was recovered and the ship headed to Naples, where it docked 18:30 Local Time.
2500 KM of MCS and SBP lines were run, having fired 25000 shots for each of the two GI-GUN employed. Shot quality have been always good except some hours before the end of the first leg. The streamer performed well except some dead channels and noisy channels. Some garbage and fishing materials were intercepted and captured without apparent damage. 1100 KM of magnetics lines were run, starting from 2001-08-04; no problem was encountered except when sailing around the Eolie Islands, where several quick recoveries were dictated by the heavy traffic around the ship.