The Fugro Seeker is the latest addition to the Fugro EMU’s fleet and has been purpose-built to meet stringent specifications for shallow water hydrographic and geophysical surveys. The 12 metre CATAPULT 396 vessel is specially equipped to provide accurate and high resolution survey data with the latest survey equipment and it is capable of operating safely in the shallowest waters. This makes it ideal for operations in inter-tidal and near-shore environments serving clients in the renewable energy sector among others.
The company was recently appointed to manage a network of wave buoys which has the potential to become Europe’s largest wave monitoring network, surpassing the UK Coastal Observatories Network, also managed by the company.
DONG Energy selected Fugro EMU, part of Fugro’s Renewable Services Group to procure, deploy, service and manage a network of real-time metocean data acquisition systems in support of DONG Energy’s European offshore wind programme. The buoys will be situated off the coasts of north-eastern Europe and will collect hydrodynamic data until 2020.
Fugro EMU’s Managing Director, Simon Shaw, said the company is delighted to assist with monitoring of the DONG Energy buoy network which could consist of up to 80 buoys over the next four years. The company will deploy its MIDI 185 buoys for the project. These medium-sized, general-purpose monitoring buoys were first introduced in 2009 and are suitable for measuring oceanographic and meteorological (metocean) parameters. Since their introduction they have been deployed in at least 10 countries and incorporate a large solar array and battery capacity which allow long-term unattended operation.
The company has also developed a state-of-the-art ‘BuoyWatch’ system to monitor and quality check the numerous transmitted parameters.
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