Subsea Tech: Bathymetric Survey of Mediterranean, Dead Seas via Drone
Israeli drone service provider ERELIS recently conducted a number of pilot projects using a drone equipped with a single-beam echo sounder in the Mediterranean and Dead Seas. The data was validated by authorized local surveyors and reports from previous surveys of the same areas by “Michmoret Campus - Faculty of Marine Sciences”. The “reference” bathymetric data was collected using a manned boat and multi-beam and single-beam echo sounders and demonstrated a good match between the results of new drone-based and traditional methods.The bathymetric system consisted of a
Royal IHC wins multiple contracts for Dredgers
Kingdom of Jordan during 2017. To enable the customer to use the full potential of the equipment, an extensive training programme will be provided by IHC. The equipment will be deployed for the salt ‘mushroom’ project to support the production process of minerals, mainly potash, in the Dead Sea. “I am delighted to hear that, after an international tender process, APC decided to choose IHC equipment for its high production levels and reliability,” says IHC Area Sales Director Middle East Amin Ezzedine. “The new vessel will empower APC to dredge salt in line with the
Global Markets Ripe for US Marine Technologies
in deepwater technology; and Singapore is experiencing increased demand for oil and gas exploration and offshore support vessels. Our U.S. Commercial Service team continues to receive trade leads from all around the world: a tender from Jordan needing consultants for the Red Sea/Dead Sea Project; and several tenders from the Government of Canada looking for various mapping instruments and data collection technologies among the most recent. Feel free to get on our Marine Technology Team email list (on our website) for news of the latest opportunities. Do U.S. marine
USV Surveys Dead Sea Freshwater Springs
Ecosystem of a shrinking lake: underwater freshwater springs in the Dead Sea surveyed with EvoLogics Sonobot USV EvoLogics engineers supported the Helmholtz-Center for Environmental Research team’s field campaign in Israel, where the EvoLogics Sonobot USV performed detailed hydrographic survey of underwater freshwater springs that flow into the Dead Sea. In November 2014, EvoLogics experts joined scientists from the Helmholtz-Center for Environmental Research (UFZ), Germany, who led a two-week field campaign north and south of the Darga river outlet on the Dead Sea coast in Israel. In cooperatio
February 2024
