“The MVP is expected to improve productivity by over ten percent, but more importantly they will enhance safety,” explained Project Manager Sean Cullen. Instead of having crew members venture out onto the deck in all weather to manually take a static profile, the underway profiling systems will automatically and continuously collect SVPT and output the data to the multibeam echosounder in real-time while the vessel travels at 8-10 knots.
The first of the two systems was commissioned aboard RV Mallet in November 2018, with delivery of the second MVP30-350 for RV Keary to occur in 2019. To date, over 130 MVP systems have been provided to organizations around the world seeking to reduce the technical and financial unpredictability of hydrographic and ocean science surveys.
