Hydrographic Institute conducts campaign off the coast of Viana do Castelo

Between the 2nd and 7th of October 2023, a technical team from the Marine Geology Division of the Hydrographic Institute was aboard the NRP "Andromeda" to acquire light seismic reflection data and collect sediment samples in the Technological Free Zone (TFZ) off the coast of Viana do Castelo.

This campaign is part of a request from Wavec Offshore Renewables for the geophysical and geotechnical description of the seabed, as part of the EU-SCORES project.

This is the 2nd campaign carried out for this purpose, as hydrographic data acquisition work was already conducted in March during a mission of the NRP "D. Carlos I" in the vicinity of the TFZ. The acquired data is currently in the processing phase.