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Spain Extends Multibeam Capabilities
01 Oct 2006
Kongsberg Maritime of Norway has been awarded a contract by the Spanish Hydrographic Institute of the Navy (IHM) for installation of a new EM 302 multibeam sounder aboard its survey launch, H/V Malaspina. Due for commissioning early next year, the system will form a key part of an existing integrated Kongsberg survey package aboard the vessel which, along with a sister launch, has been completing major hydrographic operations in the majority of Spanish harbours.
The new system utilises CHIRP technology to obtain extended survey coverage from shorelines to continental rises at depths down to 6,000m. It also provides high density signal processing in addition to increased numbers of soundings for improved resolution.
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