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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Fishermen's blockade prevents survey ship from getting out of Pictou Harbour

CTV 20 Nov 2018

In a showdown in Pictou Harbour Monday morning, a fleet of fishing boats forced a survey vessel back to port. Close to 30 fishing boats surrounded a small survey vessel tied to the wharf in Pictou and the attempt to survey the area for Northern Pulp's new pipeline might be shutting down for several days ... ....

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New $120 Million Terminal Officially Opens At Port Everglades

CBS Sports 20 Nov 2018

The ship features the latest wow factor at sea called the magic carpet. While hard to describe it is essentially a restaurant space slash elevator that moves up and down the outside of the ship ... One more brand new ship is due in Fort Lauderdale in a couple of weeks ... In season, they can see 40 different ships going through the port....

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PICS: Argentina in mourning after missing submarine found

Independent online (SA) 18 Nov 2018

Buenos Aires - Argentina on Saturday declared three days of national mourning after an Argentinian Navy submarine was found, one year and a day after it went missing ... US survey firm Ocean Infinity said it found the ship near where it had last been reported on November 15, 2017 ... File picture. Argentina Navy via AP ... dpa ....

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Missing Argentine navy submarine ARA San Juan 'imploded' at sea

AOL 17 Nov 2018

Speaking at the first news conference since its discovery by the specialist American survey ship Ocean Infinity, naval captain Enrique Balbi said the working theory was that the vessel had imploded close to the seabed ... Military ships will be deployed to the scene - hundreds of ......

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Frontline Ltd (FRO) CEO Robert Macleod on Q3 2018 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

Seeking Alpha 16 Nov 2018

We held back ships as we did during the same period in 2017, with a less satisfactory result, but we got it right this time ... For the week, the Spot TCE on modern ships was $22,000 in the quarter, which is very close to our cash breakeven. Q4 bookings are at a much better level 74% of the days are booked at $35,000 on the ships under 15 years....

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Ontario airport surpasses Atlanta to become nation’s busiest outbound freight hub

Daily Breeze 15 Nov 2018

According to a�monthly survey�by FreightWaves, a trade journal that tracks the movement of goods, 4.63 percent of all goods shipped by American airports in October were loaded onto planes taking off at Ontario ... Shipments to the West Coast often are shipped�all over the country....

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INTTRA Asia Technology Summit: Digitalization Expands, Need for Standards Increases

Market Watch 14 Nov 2018

INTTRA, the largest neutral network, software and information provider at the center of the ocean shipping industry, hosted its annual Asia Technology Summit in Singapore this week focused on innovation to action ... The creation of agreed standards and protocols is essential according to 91% of attendees surveyed ... Customer Survey....

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Regulation call for maritime digital solutions

Splash24/7 14 Nov 2018

A survey released by INTTRA, the largest, multi-carrier network for the ocean shipping industry, at the company’s technology summit in Singapore this week, shows 91% of participants believe the creation of agreed standards and protocols is essential, and 82% would prefer to see ......

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Park board seeks $10.5 million in sand for beaches

The Galveston Daily News 14 Nov 2018

GALVESTON ... The project, originally an $8 million one, was going to pull 650,000 cubic yards of sand to continue rebuilding Babe’s Beach and other West End beaches. A recent Army Corps of Engineers survey of the Galveston ship channel identified the potential to pull 900,000 cubic yards of sand, park board Executive Director Kelly de Schaun said ... .......

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Consumer Expectations Continue to Rise for Holiday Shopping and Shipping According to Voxware Research

Market Watch 13 Nov 2018

Voxware, a leading provider of cloud-based voice and analytic supply chain solutions, today announced the results from its fourth biennial holiday shopping survey ... In fact, 48% of those surveyed now expect to receive their holiday purchases within two days using standard shipping, a 14% increase from 2016....

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Drill ship in Cypriot field despite strong objection by Turkey: report

Xinhua 12 Nov 2018

12 (Xinhua) -- A drill ship has arrived ... A Turkish drill ship reportedly started a borehole about 100 kilometers south of Antalya province and a Turkish survey ship collecting energy data waded into an area where the notional sea boundaries of Cyprus, Greece and Egypt converge....

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Morning Brief: Alibaba's Singles Day sales hit record $30.8 billion

Yahoo Daily News 12 Nov 2018

for $8 billion in cash, pre-empting a planned stock market listing by the U.S.-based company that specializes in surveying consumers online ... Saudi Arabia to ship less oil in December. Saudi Arabia plans to reduce oil supply to world markets by 0.5 million barrels per day in ......

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John J. Tkacik On Taiwan: Is Washington watching Pratas Island’s economic zone?

Taipei Times 11 Nov 2018

About 13 years ago, in 2005, Chinese “survey ships” began to plow Pratas’ waters in utter disregard of Taiwan’s coast guard cutters assigned to protect the wide atoll’s fisheries and marine environment. By contrast, the Chinese ships were bent on destroying Pratas’ marine habitat....