Through
a combination of education, training and commercial contracts, we have over
10 years experience of environmental, hydrographic and oceanographic
surveys. We have been involved in an extensive range of inshore and offshore
surveys throughout the UK and international waters, using a wide variety of
techniques and equipment. This experience has enabled us to develop a broad
knowledge and expertise in many areas of marine surveying and survey
management. All of our staff are educated to degree level or higher and have
complementary specialist backgrounds.
Collectively, we have more than thirty years experience of operating and
manning yachts and workboats, and are licensed to skipper vessels up to 200
gross registered tons. We currently conduct inshore surveys from our own
survey vessel, which covers all UK inshore waters up to 60 nautical miles
from a safe haven and charter other vessels as and when required. All of
our crew are not only highly skilled in vessel operations but have a high
level of understanding of marine science, and therefore fully understand the
needs of the surveyor.
Our aim is to work directly in support of
research, monitoring and commercial organisations operating in the marine
environment, by offering a range of high quality services based on our
policy of safety and quality throughout. At SeaStar Survey, in conjunction
with a select group of freelance surveyors, equipment suppliers and
laboratories, we have the capacity to provide clients with a complete range
of high quality marine survey services.
Techniques and equipment used on inshore
and offshore contracts to date include:
Precision Navigation using DGPS and RTK
Data management / processing
Single Beam and Multi Beam echo-sounders
Side-Scan Sonar
Sub-Bottom profiling
Magnetometers
Underwater photography systems
Remote Operated Vehicles (ROVs)
Sediment sampling grabs
Box Core
Gravity Core
Mega Core
Tide gauges
Current meters (including ADCP)
CTD’s
Transmissometers & Flourometers
Mooring deployment and retrieval
Beam Trawling
Otter
Board Trawling
Frame
Trawling
USBL & LUSBL systems
