TeamSurv survey contracts

TeamSurv employs an innovative crowd sourcing initiative to hydro survey – it uses vessels of all types from tankers down to workboats and yachts to log data from GPS and data sounder and then creates enhanced bathymetry of the area.

Tim Thornton, founder of TeamSurv said: “The size and variety of the port, from oil and gas tankers near the entrance through to the extensive nature reserves and waters for the leisure user mean that it is ideal in demonstrating the value of the TeamSurv concept.”

The port carries out regular professional survey in the buoyed channels but some areas are less well surveyed than others, particularly the areas used by smaller craft. The survey will help to ensure safe navigation and help scientists to monitor changes to the shape of the river bed and improve habitat monitoring.

TeamSurv is also doing something of a recruitment drive on the west coast of Scotland in the coming six months to better chart the area – it is hoping to recruit as many vessels in the area as possible and has already managed to secure the services of Caledonia MacBrayne which will be fitting a number of loggers to its ferries.

It’s also working on the south coast at Weymouth and will be making periodic visits the harbour to recruit vessels to take part in the survey.

By Anne-Marie Causer