Fugro Seafloor Surveys, Inc. has conducted desktop studies encompassing the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans, with landings worldwide.
To assist our client (primarily Telecommunications and Petrochemical companies, scientific and government institutions) with route design, our studies include landing site evaluations and highlight geology and bathymetry information, obstructions, hazards and restricted areas, fishing activities and any environmental concern.
As a guide to survey operations, system installation and future maintenance, our studies assess permitting requirements, shipping activities, meteorological and oceanographic conditions, burial feasibility issues and general system safety concerns.
We provide industry standard route engineering recommendations, along with route position lists and Straight Line Diagrams. Our results are clearly and simply displayed in reports and charts for use by both technical and non-technical audiences, including governmental agencies, permitting authorities and financial institutions.
FSSI’s cable specialists are available for consultation throughout the system’s design phase to assist our customers and contribute to a reliable and cost-efficient project.
Desk studies include:
- Landing site feasibility
- Ocean floor conditions (geology and bathymetry)
- Oceanographic conditions
- Obstructions, hazards and restricted areas
- Existing and planned cables & pipelines
- Fisheries
- Shipping traffic
- Mineral Resources
- Environmental concerns
- Maritime claims
- Permit requirements
- Burial feasibility issues