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specialist surveying feature20 years experiencefrom MainprizeOffshoreMainprize Offshore Ltd have over 20years’ experience in the oil and gasand more recently in the offshorerenewable sectors.Extensive servicesThe company has been actively involvedin guard, chase, support, cargo, crew andpassenger transfer, fuel and water supply,bathymetric, debris recovery, shallowwater survey, route clearance – seabedsurvey including camera, grab and videosampling, environmental work, trawl andtraffic surveys.2 new vesselsMainprize are soon to take delivery of the firstof a two vessel order from Buckie that willgreatly increase their operational footprint.SpecificationsThe 25M LOA x 9.5M Beam vessels areto a Teknicraft design, fitted with twinCat C32 engines designed for 30kts andable to carry 40T of deck cargo are trulyversatile vessels.Fitted with a moon pool, two 1.5T at 7mcranes and wide A frame rated at 1.5tons with a 8 metre width allowing for thelargest survey class and medium workclass ROV to be used.The bridge is well equipped and houses:5 point computer station and lounge area,6 x 19” and 2 x 32” monitors to view thevessels networked information.CommunicationsEase of access to any data requiredat a given station via a selector switch,V-sat satellite broad band, Wi-Fi, satellitephone, Inmarsat C, MF, HF and internalcommunications systems.FacilitiesThe deckhouse is fitted with 12suspension seats, 7 person dining/meeting table, large galley, toilet,treatment room and various lounge seatsand two 32” monitors for training andentertainment.They can undertake bathymetric, sidescan,ROV visual and light work – pipeand cable track – sonar survey, bottomand sub bottom profile, magnetometer,drop core, grab sampling, water sampling,trawl survey, AUV survey, 2D seismic,depth of burial, object location andrecovery, route survey, scour monitoring,intertidal and bird surveys.They have added redundancy wherethey felt necessary, fully redundant bridgesystems, twin generators fitted to reducedown time.Bespoke serviceThe company also offer to fit clients’specific equipment such as salvagepumps, oil recovery and FiFi equipment.Exciting timesIt is a very exciting time for Mainprizeoffshore Ltd the coming months will seethe launch, delivery and are also exhibitingSeaworks 2013 in June.Mainprize Offshorewww.mainprizeoffshore.co.ukClick to view more infoMantsbrite launches new KodenBroadband Echo SounderMantsbrite Limited, a leadingdistributor of marine equipment fora number of international electronicnavigation product manufacturers, isnow supplying the new Koden CVS-128B & CVS-1410B FX2BB broadbandecho sounders to its 175 strong UKand Ireland dealer network.SpecificationsThe Koden CVS-128B & CVS1410B aredual frequency broadband echosounderswith a 2kW power output. The CVS-128B has an 8.4” colour display and theCVS-1410B has a 10.4” colour display.Two types of broadband transducer areavailable where the user can select andchange a frequency as required to targetspecific fish species or avoid interferencewith other echosounders.The Koden TDM-017 broadbandtransducer allows the operator to chooseany two frequencies between 38kHz and75kHz; with the TDM-091D broadbandtransducer the operator can chooseany two frequencies between 42kHz to65kHz and 130kHz to 210kHz. The twochosen frequencies can be displayedsimultaneously.Digital filtering technologyThe frequencies can be adjusted in0.1khz steps for precise tuning and bestresponse when looking for specific fishspecies or when used for seabed grounddiscrimination. The new Koden broadbandsounders also feature Koden DigitalFiltering (KDF) technology which enablesa high resolution low noise picture andgives an outstanding range of detectionwhen combined with the 2kW poweroutput. With these features, the KodenBroadband echo sounders are suitable forcommercial fishing or survey purposes.Mantsbrite Managing Director David Ashcomments: “It’s a well-known fact thatcertain fish species and objects can beseen better at specific frequencies. Thenew Koden CVS-128B and CVS1410BBroadband echosounders are technicallyadvanced products that allow thecommercial user to fine-tune the echosounder frequency to suit their needs.With up to two variable frequenciessimultaneously displayed, fish speciesand ground discrimination are excellent.I’m proud that Mantsbrite, as Koden’sexclusive UK distributor, is now introducingthem to the British market place.”Mantsbritewww.mantsbrite.comwww.windenergynetwork.co.uk111