Clients and Contracts

Over the past 9 years SeaStar Survey has been involved in and undertaken a number of major projects, as well as wide range of smaller surveys.

Our current client base includes -

BP Angola Ltd 

CEFAS

Cornwall County Council

Countryside Council for Wales

Department of Trade and Industry  

English Nature       

Environment Agency  

Entec             

ERT Scotland  

Fugro Survey Ltd

Gardline Environmental Ltd

Gardline Geosurvey Ltd

Geotek

Halcrow

Jacobs Engineering

Huntsman Tioxide          

Natural Environment Research Council

Royal Haskoning

Scottish Natural Heritage   

Sovereign Harbour Marina Ltd                              

Examples of Contracts -

CEFAS – SV 'Mariner'

British Energy Estuarine and Marine Studies (BEEMS) - Nearshore Habitat Survey, Bradwell

Cornwall County Council - SV 'Mariner'

Seabed Mapping Survey

During September 2007 we undertook a seabed mapping survey of Falmouth harbour using a single beam echosounder; GeoChirp sub-bottom profiler; high resolution sidescan sonar; and magnetometer. The purpose of the survey was to locate any areas of archaeological interest as part of the Falmouth Harbour redevelopment environmental impact assesment.

English Nature – SV 'Mariner' - Read Article

Habitat Mapping Survey
Between July 2005 and January 2006 we undertook a habitat mapping survey of an area around Eddystone Reef, Plymouth. The objectives of the survey were to map the extent of the rocky reef and surrounding mixed sediments, and classify the various habitats present. The survey was undertaken in two phases - phase 1, acoustic survey using sidescan sonar and single beam echosounder, and phase 2, environmental survey using underwater video and digital still photography.

United Kingdom Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)
Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) surveys
We have been involved in the DTI’s SEA project over the past 5 years, with a presence onboard all of the SEA environmental surveys. The main objectives of the SEA surveys were to classify and map the seabed habitats and communities within the UK continental shelf. SeaStar Survey have been responsible for undertaking underwater video and stills photography and seabed sampling using Day grabs, van Veen grabs, Hamon grabs, Box corers and Mega corers.

Halcrow Ltd / Sovereign Harbour Marina Ltd – SV Mariner
Sedimentation Monitoring Programme Survey
We have undertaken survey work for Sovereign Harbour over the past 3 years as part of their entrance channel, maintenance dredging licence application. The work comprises single-beam bathymetric and full environmental survey of dredged sediment disposal site. Seabed sediment samples were collected using 0.1 m2 Hamon grab from our survey vessel ‘Mariner’ - sub-samples were taken for chemical, biological and particle size analysis.
 

Scottish Natural Heritage – SV Mariner - Read Summary
The Sublittoral Sandbanks of the Solway Firth
During the summer and autumn of 2004 we planned and undertook a broad-scale environmental survey of Solway Firth using Day grab and beam trawl sampling techniques. All survey operation were conducted from our survey vessel Mariner.

Countryside Council for Wales – SV Pedryn - Read Summary

Across Wales Drop-Down Video Survey - summer 2004 & 2005
We were awarded the contract to complete drop-down video surveys around the Welsh coast in the spring of 2004. In conjunction with CCW we have spent several weeks planning, conducting and analysing video surveys to record and map biotopes around the Welsh coast.

Babtie Aquatic – SV Mariner
Fish Population Survey Fawley and Shoreham Power Stations
We are involved in a 3 year contract with Babtie Aquatic, Southampton, to undertake fish population studies around the cooling water intake pipes of Fawley and Shoreham power stations. Sets of Beam trawls, Otter Board trawls, and Frame trawls are taken close to the cooling water uptake pipes and two control stations.

Gardline Environmental Ltd
We have assisted Gardline on a number of environmental and hydrographic surveys over the past couple of years and we have been able to establish a close working relationship. We often undertake underwater photographic and sediment sampling surveys as sub-contractors onboard Gardline vessels.

Fugro Survey Ltd.
We have undertaken a large number of environmental surveys for Fugro over the past couple of years. All of these surveys have involved the use of underwater camera operations and sediment sampling. ‘Investigation into Extent of Cold-Water Coral Reefs’ - during March 2004 a full site survey was undertaken in the north Atlantic (Norwegian waters) for a proposed new offshore drill site. SeaStar Survey were contracted to undertake a deep-water digital stills and video survey to establish the location of cold water coral within the area of the new drill site and report on the makeup, condition and extent of any reefs.

Entec Ltd – SV Mariner
Teesside Offshore Windfarm – Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Survey
We undertook an environmental impact assessment survey for the Tesside, offshore windfarm during the summer 2003. The survey comprised seabed sampling using Day grab, epifauna assessment using beam trawl, and habitat overview using an underwater video sledge system.