Kongsberg on board South African Navy Survey Vessels
and efficient navigation and maneuvering, as well as effective survey operations, the vessel will feature the K-Bridge Integrated Navigation System and K-Pos Dynamic Positioning.Three Survey Motor Boats will also be delivered, all of which will be built in Cape Town and benefit from Kongsbeg hydroacoustic equipment on board, including: EM 2040 Shallow Water Multibeam Echo Sounder, EA440 Single Beam Echo Sounder and Seapath 130-R3 Combined GNSS and Inertial Navigation System
Kongsberg Launches Bathymetric Image Contest
second and third place images will receive a set of Bose speakers. Additionally, the 12 best contributions will be included in the official KONGSBERG 2018 Underwater Mapping calendar. The KONGSBERG Bathymetric Image Contest was established to showcase what is possible using its range of hydroacoustic equipment, and with a professional global user base in the thousands, KONGSBERG bathymetric systems are behind the capture of a wealth stunning underwater pictures. More than 100 high quality images covering diverse subject matter have been submitted since it started in 2014. “Based
HUGIN AUV Now Available in a Turnkey Package
pipeline inspection through to marine and climate research. At the heart of the package is a HUGIN AUV with a 1,000 meter depth rating, dive time of up to 12 hours as standard and a max speed of 5 knots. The HUGIN AUV comes preinstalled with a payload of navigation, communication and hydroacoustic equipment, including a Kongsberg EM 3002 multibeam echo sounder, EdgeTech Side Scan Sonar and EdgeTech Sub Bottom echo sounder. The complete package also includes a 20ft storage and shipping container, single stage stinger for easy launch and recovery, operator station, battery charger and tow fish
Fugro Enables Safer Drilling for BP in Strong Currents
the well location needed to be understood for operational planning, as well as further analysis of subsea equipment motions. Fugro installed an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler on the seabed for metocean measurements. Current measurements were relayed to the vessel in real time using the same hydroacoustic equipment as with the WARIS. bpTT Drilling Engineer, Anil Saisbhan said, “The additional non-traditional services from Fugro with the WARIS and real-time ADCP measurements have enabled us to realize more fatigue life of wellhead components than was theoretically suggested, as well as
February 2026
