Portable Remotely Operated Singlebeam Survey Boat

The Teledyne Oceanscience Z-Boat 1250 is a remotely operated hydrographic survey boat that is sturdy enough for tough terrain but light enough to be one-person portable. It is outfitted with a singlebeam echosounder and is suited for inland waters such as streams, rivers and lakes. Teledyne Oceanscience Z-Boat 1250’s trimaran style boat has a lightweight hull manufactured from ABS plastic. The 1250 is IP67 rated, which makes it suited to survey in most water conditions. Thanks to its collapsible sliding crossbar, the new Z-Boat 1250 is easily transported by a single operator making surveys in remote areas possible. The new... (read more)

2017-10-24 10:52:31

Singlebeam Echosounder Improves Range Resolution and Installation Flexibility

Kongsberg Maritime, Norway, has released the fifth generation of its singlebeam echosounder designed for shallow to medium-depth waters and for hull-mounted sidescan systems. The EA 440 supersedes the EA 400 singlebeam platform with the addition of a new wideband transceiver (WBT) which facilitates much more flexible installation and operation. The WBT unit in the EA 440 covers all frequencies and comes with a complete new topside software with a number of new and improved features. The system now uses FM Chirp as the transmit pulse, which offers longer range from less power, resulting in a much higher range resolution. Re-engineered very low... (read more)

2016-01-04 02:07:17

RESON NaviSound 600 Singlebeam Echosounders with Integrated Software

RESON’s NaviSound 600 Series is a range of hydrographic survey echosounders designed to meet the needs of hydrographic surveyors working on medium to large survey vessels. It is developed for surveying in shallow water, harbours, waterways and for offshore and dredging applications. NaviSound 600 supports dual, triple or quad channel sounding operation with individual frequencies, which makes it convenient as a four-channel mini Multi Channel System (MCS). It has internal data storage with playback capability, and unique RESON developed tamper resistant data set encryption, which offers a verifiable back-up alternative to paper recorder. The NaviSound 600 Series are all delivered... (read more)

2007-04-06 12:00:00

Teledyne PDS Introduces New Ways of Visualising and Controlling Singlebeams

Teledyne PDS has released a new view to display singlebeam echogram data and to control the singlebeam device. The Online SBES Echogram view and features have been developed to enable singlebeam users in the hydrographic and dredging markets to be more agile in their survey processes. The new features eliminate the need to use external visualisation or command and control software, enabling more screen space for the actual survey information. Currently, Odom DSO data (EchoTrac singlebeams) and RESON GT data (Navisound singlebeams) are supported. The Echogram view has the capability to display up-to four depth channels simultaneously, displaying one channels’... (read more)

2018-06-08 12:12:47

Low-cost Expedition-ready Multibeam System

A new cost-efficient sonar bridging the gap between singlebeam echosounders and high-resolution multibeam sonar systems is the HydroBat, a multibeam system operating at 160kHz and covers a swath of 120°. Rich Lear at RESON explains the significance: "A task that used to take a week with the old singlebeam echosounders, takes only three days with this new multibeam HydroBat." Designed to be simple and reliable, the new HydroBat from RESON is ready to meet the demands of serious hydrographic users in harbours and ports. Former software developer, Simon Barchard, states: "A really neat feature is the ability to run a... (read more)

2010-03-09 03:26:04

Swathe Services to Represent CEE HydroSystems

Hydrographic survey singlebeam echosounder manufacturer CEE HydroSystems, with offices in Sydney, Australia, and San Diego, USA, has entered into a new 2016 distributor agreement with UK-based Swathe Services. Swathe Services is to represent CEE HydroSystems in the UK and Ireland. CEE HydroSystems manufactures compact portable echosounders and all-in-one echosounder and GNSS systems for shallow water surveying, including the CEESCOPE RTK GNSS hydrographic survey system. This appointment is the latest in a series of new agency agreements with the goal of further promoting the new CEE echosounder systems for marine and freshwater survey environments. James Williams, managing director of Swathe Services,... (read more)

2016-04-11 08:30:05

HYPACK Partners with Oceanscience Group

The Oceanscience Group has been appointed as an authorised HYPACK manufacturing partner, to further strengthen the available options for the Z-Boat 1800 remotely operated hydrographic survey boat. Oceanscience can now supply its top-specification singlebeam and sidescan-equipped Z-Boats as a full turnkey package including HYPACK software. With a digital full water column echogram driver for the Z-Boat's CEE HydroSystems CEESCOPE or CEE ECHO singlebeam echosounders, the software interface brings editing and QC tools to the remote survey process. Operating the Z-Boat in autonomous mode, with robotic survey line following, is made easier as the HYPACK line plan can be uploaded into the robotic... (read more)

2014-04-29 11:17:30

Hardware and Software Updates at Seafloor Systems

Seafloor Systems has added a second SeaBat T50-P to its multibeam echosounder rental pool. On the software side, the company has released SonarMite drivers for Trimble Access Field Software. The SeaBat T50-P was launched in 2015 as the new addition to the leading SeaBat T-series product range engineered from the ground up to evolve with each business. Combined with the Portable Sonar Processor the SeaBat T50-P provides according to Seafloor Systems unsurpassed survey data, providing faster operational surveys and reduced processing time. Seafloor’s SonarMite-MILSpec and SonarMite DFX singlebeam echosounders now work seamlessly with Trimble Access survey system. From GNSS, scanning, and optical... (read more)

2016-06-06 02:29:46

RESON Installes Equipment in Thai Navy Vessel

RESON recently completed delivery and trials for a complete hydrographic and oceanographic equipment package for the new Royal Thai Navy Multipurpose vessel H.T.M.S Pharuehatsabodi and her two small survey boats. The new vessel will acquire hydrographic data in the Gulf of Thailand and the Andaman Sea, in addition to this she will also act as a training vessel and will be used for oceanographic data collection. H.T.M.S. Pharuehatsabodi was built in Thailand by a Joint Venture between Unithai Shipyard and Engineering (Unithai) and Schelde Naval Shipbuilding (SNS). Schelde Naval Shipbuilding is part of the Damen Shipyards Group... (read more)

2008-10-22 12:00:00

Six RTK CEESCOPE Echosounder Systems for Australian Navy

Hydrographic echosounder manufacturer CEE HydroSystems recently completed the delivery of several CEESCOPE 200kHz singlebeam echosounder survey systems for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) hydrographic group based in Cairns, Australia. The CEESCOPE ultra-compact waterproof singlebeam 200kHz sonar systems were supplied with built-in RTK GNSS receivers, UHF radio and activated L-Band subscription differential corrections to give the RAN surveyors flexibility in terms of their satellite positioning solution. Replacing their existing and ageing CEEDUCER echo sounders, the CEESCOPE units will be used for near shore littoral Rapid Environmental Assessment (REA) surveys. For example, a REA may be needed to facilitate safe navigation of a... (read more)

2016-05-20 11:02:02