BMT SMART Ltd, a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, an international maritime design, engineering and risk management consultancy, will showcase its performance monitoring portfolio at Posidonia 2014 next week in Athens, Greece. The SMART suite of services works by collecting vessel performance data and presenting key information to the crew via the ship’s computer displays. […]
A scientific report accessed by Oceana, has found a 20 % average decrease in posidonia meadows between 2008 and 2012 to the north of Formentera. This decrease has been caused by dozens of vessels that moor illegally above posidonia, destroying the plants with their anchors. Posidonia is a habitat protected by the European Union, and […]
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Posidonia Oceanica is a seagrass species endemic in the Mediterranean, where it plays an important role in the ecosystem. Its presence indicates low water pollution levels. Its acoustic properties allow it to be distinguished from backscatter response of the seabed and make it possible to map it with side scan sonar systems. Kongsberg Geoacoustics’ GeoSwath […]
