Swedish Coast Guard’s final KBV vessel receives new echosounder

Kongsberg GeoAcoustics has successfully installed 125k Hz Geoswath shallow water multibeam echosounder onboard the Swedish Coast Guard’s fourth and final new-build multipurpose vessel, marking the completion of Swedish Coast Guard (KBV) project, as part of the contract.

The company has also delivered K-bridge integrated navigation system, K-chief integrated alarm, monitoring and control system, C-pos dynamic positioning system and GeoSwath Plus Multibeam echosounder for each vessel.

Additionally, the contract involved providing basic and detailed design of each system, technical layout, delivery, start-up, testing and commissioning.

Designed to serve as environmental protection and surveillance ships, the multipurpose vessels will be deployed by the Swedish Coast Guard to help in vessel traffic management.

The 52m-long and 10m-wide KBV vessels are for a service life of 30 years and can also conduct search and rescue (SAR) missions, disaster operations for cleaning up oil spills as well as fight fires at sea and in port.

Additionally, the vessels will support missions such as monitoring shipping traffic in coastal areas, providing border security, carrying out customs service and protecting fishing, even in temperatures below -25°C.

In 2008, Peene-Werft Wolgast was awarded contract for supply of four KBVs to the coast guard, while the first three vessels of the class have already been delivered.

Image: A Swedish Coast Guard’s KBV at Gothenbur. Photo: Joeds.