Bearing ship

Sounding ship Deepenschriewer II (Plattd. For deep scribe ) in the Port of Hamburg

Monitoring ship Regen on the Danube during measurements

Monitoring ship Visurgis (Latin for Weser ), ENI 05041460, of the WSA Minden

A sounding ship is a work ship that is used to measure water depths. The depth of the water is recorded and mapped by echo sounder .

task

Since shallows pose a considerable risk for shipping, the topography of shallow fairways (e.g. rivers) must be checked regularly. For this purpose, three-dimensional maps of the water floor are created with sounding ships in order to be able to react in good time to hydromorphological changes.

Sounding ships

• Former DF ship Greif of the Cuxhaven Waterways and Shipping Authority at that time
• former sounding ship Bingerbrück the then Water and Shipping Office Cologne
• Locating ship Laber of the Regensburg Waterways and Shipping Office
• Monitoring ship Visurgis of the Minden Waterways and Shipping Office