Germany's WSV order new survey technology
AADI's Seaguard RSMs will perform hydro survey duties for the WSV in Germany including the maintenance of the deep shipping channel in the River Elbe. Source: UFZ.
The Waterways and Shipping Administration (WSV) in Germany has ordered new survey equipment which will collect data in real-time to give input to live data models predicting the transport of sediments into shipping channels, with the aim of providing safer navigation.
WSV is the regulating authority of all significant federal navigable waters including rivers, canals, locks and seaward approaches within the sovereign territory of the Federal Republic of Germany. The two Waterways and Shipping Offices (WSA) Hamburg and Cuxhaven are predominantly responsible for the principal duties within its administrative district, including providing the safety of navigation by the maintenance of a deep shipping channel in the river Elbe.
The delivery of the data buoys and the Seaguard RSM's comprises the modernisation of hydrological measurement stations within the area of responsibility of the WSA Hamburg and the WSA Cuxhaven.
The data buoys, fitted with two Seaguard RSM's each, monitor water flow, temperature, salinity, turbidity and oxygen at one meter above the river bed and near the surface just below the buoy. Data is transmitted in real-time from the buoy.
Further Seaguard RSM's will be installed on pile based stations which will measure the same parameters as the buoys approximately 2m and 4m above the river bed. They will also feed back data in real-time.
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