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

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Silence won’t win friends

Deccan Herald 20 Aug 2019

And then a Chinese survey ship, supported by other vessels, was found conducting activities near an oil block that lies within Vietnam’s EEZ, leading to one of the most serious standoffs since 2014. After Vietnam demanded that China remove the survey ship and escorts from its ......

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Lorenzana hails Duterte order on foreign warships passing PH waters

Inquirer 20 Aug 2019

The government had earlier protested the presence of Chinese warships and survey ships passing thr... ....

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Tom Kelly: Operation Yellowhammer is not simply Project Fear by another name... it's what the Germans call Realpolitik

Belfast Telegraph 20 Aug 2019

For their part, the DUP continue to cling to the Johnson administration like barnacles on a ship. The DUP's most recent audacious claim was to simply dismiss a survey which suggested a majority in Northern Ireland would accept a sea border ... is to detach the DUP from his ship....

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No Man’s Sky Beyond scrapes away the grind, finds the fun

Polygon 20 Aug 2019

The game that launched in 2016 was equal parts impressive, confusing, and frustrating ... My Exosuit protects me from various environmental hazards, my Multi-Tool lets me survey or harvest the resources around me, and my ship lets me travel the stars once I get everything up and running ... I head to a space station after I repair my ship ... .......

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Iranian tanker sought by US heads to unknown destination

Montana Standard 19 Aug 2019

An on-duty officer at the Port Authority of Gibraltar declined to comment on the ship's moves and deferred questions to the government ... Iran's ambassador to Britain, Hamid Baeidinejad, had earlier announced on Twitter that the ship was expected to leave Sunday night ... Stay logged in to skip the surveys ... Stay logged in to skip the surveys....

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Over half of Japanese voters oppose joining US-led anti-Iran coalition in Persian Gulf: Poll

Press TV 19 Aug 2019

According to the survey, 57.1 percent of voters said Japan should not send SDF forces to the Middle East, while 28.2 percent said it should ... PressTV-To avoid Iran ire, Japan may send ships off Yemen....

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Locsin confirms PH will soon have new marine survey ships

Inquirer 17 Aug 2019

MANILA, Philippines --- The Philippines will have new marine survey ships, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr ... survey boats....

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DFA: PH to have new marine survey boats

Journal Online 17 Aug 2019

Locsin explained he only allowed foreign nationals to “hitch a ride on our marine survey ships” after getting clearance from security officials ... The DFA chief’s latest remarks make it clear he wants foreign survey ships out of the Philippine waters, including the country’s ......

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Vietnamese protesters ‘show their anger’ about Beijing’s presence in South China Sea at embassy in Hanoi

Malaysia Today 17 Aug 2019

Vietnam accuses Chinese survey vessel Haiyang Dizhi 8 and its escorts of illegal activities in the country’s exclusive economic zone and continental shelf, and has demanded that China withdraw all its ships ... The Haiyang Dizhi 8, operated by the China Geological Survey, and several ......

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Uruguayan military ship makes stop in Connecticut

Dothan Eagle 17 Aug 2019

(AP) — A military ship from Uruguay is making a ... The 210-foot, three-mast training ship was commissioned as a survey ship in 1930 and was overhauled in 1977....

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Italy's Salvini agrees to disembark minors on migrant ship

Montana Standard 17 Aug 2019

ROME (AP) — Italy's hard-line interior minister appeared to buckle under pressure Saturday to ease the political standoff over a migrant rescue ship with 134 people aboard, saying he would allow minors to disembark after being at sea for two weeks ... Stay logged in to skip the surveys ... Stay logged in to skip the surveys....

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U.S. tariffs seen to push up prices, reduce profits: report

China 17 Aug 2019

... in a report based on supplemental questions to the August Empire State Manufacturing and Business Leaders Survey. Export freight containers with Mexican produced goods are seen ready to be shipped to the US in the Pantaco customs complex on June 7, 2019 in Mexico City, Mexico....

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Vietnam demands Chinese ship leave disputed waters as end of fishing ban threatens to inflame tensions

South China Morning Post 17 Aug 2019

Vietnam repeated its demand that a Chinese survey ship and its escorts leave contested waters in the South China Sea as Beijing’s lifting of a ban on fishing in the area threatened to raise tensions further.The presence of Haiyang Dizhi 8 (which means Marine Geology 8) and ......