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Wednesday, 21 October 2020

Survey vessel

A survey vessel is any type of ship or boat that is used for mapping. It is a type of research vessel.

Role

The task of survey vessels is to map the bottom, benthic zone, full water column, and surface for the purpose of:

hydrography

general oceanography

marine habitats

salvage

dredging

marine archaeology

Survey equipment

Typically, modern survey vessels are equipped with one or more of the following equipment:

GPS positioning and logging

subsurface profiler

grab sampler

bottom coring device

DCHP

CTD

Inertial Measurement Unit

Latest News for: Survey ship

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Turkey extends exploration in disputed Mediterranean waters to October 27

Reuters 22 Oct 2020

Turkey said on Wednesday it extended the ......

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Economic update: Chancellor expected to hand lifeline to hospitality firms, reports claim

The Independent 22 Oct 2020

The RRS Sir David Attenborough, the UK's most advanced polar research ship, passes The Royal Liver Building after leaving Cammell Laird shipyard, Birkenhead, Merseyside ... The new polar ship will transform UK research in the polar regions and will be used on BAS missions which are critical for understanding and making sense of changing climate....

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Ware2Go Merchant Survey: The Delivery Experience Matters, Making Faster Shipping a Competitive Advantage

The Marshall News Messenger 21 Oct 2020

, the UPS (NYSE.UPS) founded on-demand fulfillment network and integrated tech platform enabling merchants of all sizes to offer one-to-two-day shipping, today announced results of a new merchant survey focused on customers’ shipping preferences, as well as their fulfillment strategies to meet evolving customer demands. The Need to Ship Faster....

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Greece Puts Navy on Alert as Turkey Tensions Flare Again

Voa News 21 Oct 2020

Ankara redeployed the Oruc Reis survey ship earlier this month just weeks after it had recalled it from a similar mission that nearly brought Greece and Turkey to the brink of war over energy rights in the eastern Mediterranean ... The survey ship has since then been entering the ......

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Scientific vessel departs Cammell Laird for sea trials

The Business Desk 21 Oct 2020

Today the UK’s most advanced polar research ship – RRS Sir David Attenborough – leaves Cammell Laird shipyard in Birkenhead for two weeks of technical sea trials ... Operated by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), the new polar ship will transform UK research in the polar regions ... Prof Dame Jane Francis, director of British Antarctic Survey, said....

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Ankara raising stakes even higher

Kathimerini 21 Oct 2020

Tension rose to fever pitch on Tuesday as Greek and Turkish warships lined up against each other near Kastellorizo, while the Oruc Reis seismic survey ship came within less than 9 nautical miles from the island. ....

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Britain’s new polar ship, the Sir David Attenborough, set for sea trials

Metro USA 21 Oct 2020

... topped a public poll for the name of the new ship ... The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) will operate the ship, carrying out ice trials in the Arctic in early 2021 before it journeys to the Antarctic next November, where the BAS say it will transform UK research in polar regions....

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Count on busier and easier online shopping this holiday season

Deseret News 21 Oct 2020

Consumers are already taking advantage of early deals, but it could also mean product shortages and shipping delays ... And with 59% of people surveyed saying they will shop online more this year than last, who knows what demand and shipping delays could do to your holiday gifts....

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Plan to retrieve Titanic radio spurs debate on human remains

Longview News-Journal 21 Oct 2020

But the company’s plan to retrieve the ship’s iconic radio equipment has sparked a debate ... The company, RMS Titanic Inc., wants to exhibit the ship’s Marconi wireless telegraph machine ... Retrieving the equipment would require an unmanned submersible to slip through a skylight or cut into a heavily corroded roof on the ship’s deck....

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Turkey extends exploration in disputed Mediterranean waters to Oct. 27

Metro USA 21 Oct 2020

Sign up for our COVID-19 newsletter to stay up-to-date on the latest coronavirus news throughout New York City. ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey said on Wednesday it extended the stay of its Oruc Reis survey vessel and two other ships in a disputed area of the eastern Mediterranean until Oct ... 22 ... ....

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Greece Decries Turkey’s “Imperial Fantasies”

Hamodia 21 Oct 2020

Tensions between NATO allies Turkey and Greece over maritime boundaries have rekindled since August, when Turkey dispatched a seismic survey vessel to a disputed area. Ankara has also sent a drill ship to a position off the coast of ethnically split Cyprus ... Greece, Egypt and Cyprus hold regular summits to further regional cooperation ... ....

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Greece sees ‘imperial fantasies’ in Turkey maritime claims, wants tougher EU action

Metro USA 21 Oct 2020

Tensions between NATO allies Turkey and Greece over maritime boundaries have rekindled since August, when Turkey dispatched a a seismic survey vessel to a disputed area. Ankara has also sent a drill ship to a position off the coast of ethnically split Cyprus ... Greece, Egypt and Cyprus hold regular summits to further regional cooperation ... ....

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