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New Scientific Survey Ship to Have Kongsberg Survey Suite

Kongsberg Maritime to supply a sophisticated survey suite to a vessel being built by Meyer Werft for a consortium of German universities. The contract, an open tender won amongst tough competition, covers all hydro acoustic aspects of the new build survey vessel 'Tiefsee Forschungs Schiff' (TFS), which has been commissioned to replace the old RV 'Sonne', the current vessel being shared by the same group of German universities. The EM 122 is a field proven and reputable deepwater echo sounder that offers increased performance in the 0.5º x 1º configuration…