Ocean used Coda Octopus Echoscopes® on the Hachinohe Port breakwater disaster recovery project. This type of work which involves the removal of heavy pieces of concrete is hazardous to divers. The award was made for contributions to safety as well as the operational efficiency gains from using the Echoscope®'s ability to visualize with high quality real time 3D sonar images the work being undertaken underwater in poor visibility conditions.

A spokesperson from Penta Ocean said "we are delighted to have won this award. We have long seen that the Echoscope® allows us to do many things that just cannot be done with other sonars, so they give us significant efficiency gains on almost any job. The Echoscope® allows us to work safely with heavy equipment in zero visibility water because we can clearly see what is happening with good quality real time 3D images that anybody can use.".....read more

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