July 24, 2014 – Rimouski, Quebec – Transport Canada
The Honourable Lisa Raitt, Minister of Transport, and Jean Laflamme, General Director of the Interdisciplinary Center for the Development of Ocean Mapping (CIDCO), are proud to announce that their organizations will be working together to develop a new method for underwater surveying (also known as bathymetric surveying) using floatplanes.
In the coming weeks, testing under actual conditions will be conducted at sea in Rimouski to determine whether the seabed can be charted using technology that is not ship-based. The goal of the project is to save time and money while also making marine transportation safer and more efficient.
The new floatplane survey method could be used in Canada’s North to produce seabed charts that are more comprehensive and would allow planners and specialists to make better decisions concerning Canada’s northern transportation system.
The partners in this project are CIDCO, the Canadian Hydrographic Service, Quebec Region, in Mont Joli, Géosphair Aviation, and RESON, a company specializing in sonar technology.
Jana Régimbal
Press Secretary
Office of the Honourable Lisa Raitt
Minister of Transport, Ottawa
613-991-0700
Media Relations
Transport Canada, Ottawa
613-993-0055
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