Massive Survey With Very Little Time
60,000 sq km is a very ambitious undertaking which must be at least close to completion before the side-scan search begins again in August.
Fugro and the Chinese survey ship Zhu Kezhen will have their hands full to get his done in time. Zhu Kezhen has already done several weeks of survey, but is currently in Fremantle for repairs to their multibeam echo sounder.
Two state-of-the-art survey ships can possibly get it done in tine, but only without weather or technical problems.