In 2000 the Italian Navy Hydrographic Service installed two EM 300
multibeam echo
sounder systems on their two new survey vessels, the
Galathea and the Arethusa. These two vessels have a wide spread of
equipment from Kongsberg Maritime including EA 500 single beam echo
sounder, a towed sidescan sonar, dynamic positioning system, etc. In the
beginning of this year the Italian Navy Hydrographic Service again awarded
a very important contract to Kongsberg Maritime for the supply of five
multibeam echo sounder systems, four EM 3000 systems and one EM 1002
system. The supply of all sensors, associated with the multibeam has also
been contracted to Kongsberg Maritime. The four EM 3000 multibeam echo
sounder systems will be installed in the Navy’s survey launches, two of
which are on the "Galathea" and the "Arethusa". The two other launches will
be used for various inshore survey operations. The EM 1002 will be
installed on one of the Italian Navy’s submarine rescue vessels, the
"Anteo".