Offshore staff
YATELEY, UK — PDE Offshore has upgraded the underwater acoustic positioning system onboard the MV Geo Energy geotechnical vessel.
The vessel, now equipped with a Ranger 2 ultra-short baseline (USBL) system from Sonardyne, provides seabed investigations at wind farms locations offshore Taiwan.
Another of the company’s vessels, the Geo Power, has the same system and is undergoing conversion. It will join the fleet in mid-2024 to provide seabed and downhole cone penetration testing services.
PDE Offshore have been conducting geotechnical and soil investigation in shallow water in the Taiwanese Strait since 2017.
One of its goals in investing in further USBL positioning systems was to enable investigations in greater water depths and more severe water conditions.
According to Sonardyne, the Ranger 2 can be deployed to track subsea facilities, position or communicate with an underwater vehicle, or dynamically position the vessel. It can support survey and construction phases of offshore wind farm construction.
02.02.2024
