Australasian Hydrographic Symposium at Cairns

Teledyne Reson Senior Product Manager Uni Bull joined UVS General Manager Oceanographic & Hydrographic, Mark Hegarty, at the Australasian Hydrographic Symposium at Cairns in November. The conference was well attended with over 100 delegates attending three days of papers and presentations based around the theme of harnessing the Blue Economy through hydrography in the Asia Pacific region.

Uni Bull said that there was keen interest in the newly released Teledyne Reson SeaBat® T50-P ultra-high-resolution portable multibeam echosounder. The T50-P has been entirely re-engineered to a new hardware platform and provides powerful features while still being capable of fast mobilisation on small vessels. Sydney Ports are already operating a T50-P and other port operators have shown interest in acquiring the system for the ongoing work required in monitoring ports and harbours on the east coast of Australia.

Mark Hegarty said that the T50-P provided data quality that was comparable to the SeaBat 7125 but in a much smaller form factor that was ideal for operation from small boats and craft of opportunity. “The SeaBat T50-P and T20-P provide a powerful capability for hydrographic survey requirements for many operators that need high resolution data from a portable system”, said Mark.

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