Seasonal operations are being carried out from April to October this year and next and include bathymetric surveys, identification of shipping hazards, seabed object detection, composition of the seabed ground-truthed by modified day grab, and obstructions wire swept using a single vessel drift method whenever necessary.

Gardline will subsequently submit all results to the UK Hydrographic Office for validation prior to updating of relevant Admiralty Chart databases. Meanwhile, further afield in Africa, the company has also been retained to survey the Namibian Continental Margin and Walvis Ridge with the aim of enabling the Government to submit a possible claim for extending its exclusive economic zone beyond the statutory 200nm limit. Operations will also include multi-channel seismic surveys.