Yateley's Sonardyne chosen to help move Met Office weather buoys
The UK's Met Office have selected acoustic release transponders from Yateley-based marine technology firm Sonardyne to safeguard its network of moored buoy Marine Automatic Weather Stations (MAWS) in the Atlantic and North Seas.
The MAWS buoys will be deployed and retrieved from their places as far north as the Faroe-Shetland Channel and down to the southwestern approaches and the English Channel in the south using Sonardyne's RT 6s and deck topside command units.
Generally, most of the buoys will have to be built to resist extremely tough conditions. These include large waves with heights that can measure at above 18 metres, given that they're moored in more choppy North Atlantic waters. As such, The Met Office requires a safe and dependable system to enable their quick release from - and subsequent redeployment - to their seabed moorings, since they have to be serviced every two years. Hampshire's Sonardyne got the nod to carry out the work.
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