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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Journey To The Savage Planet review – the funny side of Metroidvania

Metro UK 27 Jan 2020

You’re an astronaut working for Kindred Aerospace, which is proud to call itself the fourth best interstellar exploration company, its CEO taking a special interest in the planet you’ve been assigned to survey, AR-Y 26. Unfortunately, your landing was rather heavy, crippling your ship and adding to your initial task list....

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Hospital group fights drug shortages by making needed meds

Winona Daily News 26 Jan 2020

U.S. hospitals fed up with shortages of critical medicines — mostly generic drugs that aren’t profitable — have banded together ... The group now includes 1,200 hospitals nationwide — about 1 in 4 — and already is shipping medicines ... Q ... A ... Q ... Stay logged in to skip the surveys ... A. We already have 18 drugs produced and shipped or ready to ship to our members ... ....

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Vietnam Explores Increasing Foreign Military Cooperation to Resist China

Voa News 25 Jan 2020

ASEAN defense ministers and dialogue nations defenses ministers, Russia's deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin, Singapore's Ng Eng Hen, U.S ... 18, 2019 ... A Chinese energy survey ship sparked a standoff with Vietnam last year as it patrolled near an oil and gas block on the Vietnamese continental shelf, also within China’s maritime claim ... U.S ... 20, 2019....

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Star Trek: Picard And The Borg - Everything You Need To Know

Gamespot 25 Jan 2020

Resistance is futile. Star Trek ... Star Trek ... Nemesis ... Star Trek ... Voyager ... Disclosure ... 1 ... Borgs will often board ships or beam down to planets just to survey and scan the technology and biology; they will not appear aggressively hostile at first ... The Federation made a stand against the Borg at Wolf 359, eight light years from Earth, with a total of 40 ships ... ....

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Rising scam uses text messages to lure victims, Akron BBB warns

Akron Beacon Journal 24 Jan 2020

... shipping preferences. Upon doing so, they are redirected to a page to take a "free survey."...

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Scam texts impersonate FedEx, bilk victims

Independent Tribune 24 Jan 2020

The link takes users to a phony Amazon listing and prompts them to complete a customer satisfaction survey to claim a "reward," according to How-To Geek. Users are then told they must cover shipping and handling costs, and asked to provide address and credit card information....

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Duterte: Let time deal with PH-China sea row

The Manila Times 24 Jan 2020

“I cannot afford a stand where I would be drumming my war drums because we cannot afford it ... Vietnam and China got into a heated dispute when a Chinese energy survey ship began patrolling near Vanguard Bank, a seabed tract around 352 kilometers off the coast of southern Vietnam, in July last year ... CATHERINE S. VALENTE ....

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8 crew members kidnapped from Greek-flagged tanker freed

The Times & Democrat 22 Jan 2020

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Eight crew members of a Greek-flagged tanker ship have been freed more than 20 days after being kidnapped by gunmen off the coast of Cameroon in West Africa, Greece's merchant marine ministry said Wednesday ... Stay logged in to skip the surveys....

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Texting scam disguises itself as delivery notification from Amazon, FedEx

Fox31 Denver 22 Jan 2020

... you to a fake Amazon page that offers you to take a "free survey.". The survey will then ask for your credit card information to pay for shipping, and it will automatically sign you up to receive a product each month with a charge of $98.95....

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Marion Cotillard wants to 'protect' the planet with Greenpeace expedition

Winona Daily News 22 Jan 2020

"It's the first time I've ever lived on a ship, and it's amazing to spend time with the Greenpeace crew and the scientists who are out here doing crucial work to understand the threats facing the oceans, like climate change, industrial fishing and plastic pollution ... Stay logged in to skip the surveys....

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Japan’s dream to produce rare earths still stuck in the mud

Asahi News 21 Jan 2020

In a survey within Japan’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ), a piece of equipment called a piston corer collected mud from the stratum under the 6,000-meter-deep seafloor ... The method currently being considered is to connect the seafloor through a pipe with the deep-sea survey vessel Chikyu....

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'Dancing dragon' feathered dinosaur fossil discovered in China

CNN 21 Jan 2020

(CNN)About 120 million years ago, a "dancing dragon" lived in China's Jehol Province. The discovery of a fossil belonging to the small feathered dinosaur is new to science and helps bridge the gap between dinosaurs and birds ... Photos. Ancient finds. Photos. Ancient finds ... Photos ... The ship was surveyed and digitally mapped by two remote underwater vehicles....

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EU to revamp anti-smuggler mission for UN Libya arms embargo

Winona Daily News 20 Jan 2020

arms embargo against Libya, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said Monday ... 17 ... “We are in a truce, which is unstable ... Khalifa Hifter ... × ... Stay logged in to skip the surveys ... Last year, the government in Rome blocked the deployment of any ships to the mission, and it currently functions almost exclusively using aircraft and pilot-less drones ... ....