19.10.2011 by ctstmaser.

NEWS17 OCT 2011 / 17:35

Nautical Survey Underway in Albanian Port

One of Albania’s main commercial ports, has become the focus of a high-tech survey bringing together US and Albanian hydrographers.

NavalToday.com

The Fleet Survey Team, FST, is conducting a hydrographic survey in the harbor of Durres, its approaches and anchorages in a cooperative survey with the Albanian government.

FST deployed a seven-person survey team, comprised of both military and civilian surveyors, and a nine-metre survey vessel for the mission, which includes the collection of sound data, tidal information and geodetics.

Durres, which is located on the Adriatic Sea, is one of Albania’s major commercial ports and is home to the Albanian Hydrographic Service. Albanian hydrographers are working alongside the U.S. Navy hydrographers and participating in every aspect of the project.

“The team’s mission is to support [Commander, Naval Forces Europe and Africa, U.S. 6th Fleet] safety of navigation requirements,” said Commander Richard Kennedy, FST executive officer, who recently returned from spending a week in the field with the team.

Kennedy said the Albanian port was last surveyed in the early 1990s by the Naval Oceanographic Office, before Fleet Survey Team was established.

The newly collected data will be used by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, the U.S. charting authority, to update nautical charts to support U.S. vessels on port visits to Durres. The Albanian Hydrographic Service will use the data to update the Albanian charts.

FST is a rapid-response team with capabilities to conduct quick-turnaround hydrographic surveys anywhere in the world.

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