Geophysical / Geotechnical Surveys

  • Turbine Hub and Cable Deployment

    In November of 2015, OpenHydro contracted Seaforth Geosurveys Inc. to provide precise navigational positioning of a cable lay barge and supporting tugs, as well as real-time 3D visualization, during Hub and cable deployment operations at the OpenHydro tidal turbine berth site within the Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy (FORCE) test site in the Minas…

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  • Tidal Turbine Deployment and Cable Connection

    In November of 2016, OpenHydro contracted Seaforth Geosurveys Inc. to provide precise navigational positioning and echoscope 3D visualization services for a tidal turbine deployment barge, cable connection barge, and three support tugs during cable mating and turbine deployment operations at the OpenHydro tidal turbine berth site within the Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy (FORCE)…

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  • Location Verification Survey of Deployed Assets

    In October of 2016, Seaforth Geosurveys Inc. was contracted by OpenHydro to utilize high-resolution sidescan sonar to verify the location of the CATAC and Hub-Connectors deployed at the Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy (FORCE) test site in the Minas Passage, NS.

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  • Turbine Disconnection and Recovery Support

    In April of 2017, OpenHydro contracted Seaforth Geosurveys Inc. to provide precise navigational positioning and echoscope 3D visualization services for a tidal turbine retrieval barge, cable disconnection barge, and three support tugs during turbine disconnection and recovery operations at the OpenHydro tidal turbine berth site within the Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy (FORCE) test…

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  • Investigation of an Entangled Hydro Turbine

    In June of 2017, OpenHydro contracted Seaforth Geosurveys Inc. to utilize a Klein 3500 sidescan sonar to collect seafloor imagery to investigate an existing submerged turbine that had been entangled in mooring line.

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  • Port of Saint John Sub-seafloor Geophysical Survey

    In March 2015, the Port of Saint John in New Brunswick contracted Seaforth Geosurveys Inc. for the provision of sub-seafloor geophysical mapping services in a proposed dredging project involving the port’s main shipping channel.  Seaforth designed the survey to include navigational positioning of the Port of Saint John’s dedicated survey vessel, R/V Tide Line, and…

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  • Investigation of Pre-deployed Assets

    In May of 2018, Seaforth Geosurveys Inc. was contracted by OpenHydro to verify the location of pre-deployed assets of interest at the Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy (FORCE) test site in the Minas Passage, NS.

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  • Shag Harbour UFO – Legends of the Deep TV Filming

    In August of 2018, Seaforth personnel joined Legends of the Deep film series hosts, Celine and Fabien Cousteau, to provide Seaforth’s expertise in seabed mapping to collect detailed, high-resolution multibeam bathymetry near the “Shag Harbour Rip” area of interest, purported to be the location of a sunken UFO just offshore of Shag Harbour, NS. This…

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