NIOT (National Institute of Ocean Technology), an autonomous organization under the Ministry of Earth Sciences of the Indian government, has a dedicated plan for the installation and maintenance of instrumental buoys in the Indian seas to collect meteorological and oceanographic parameters (Met-Ocean).
This buoy system consists of a surface buoy equipped with a set of sensors in the mooring line, anchored in deep-sea using a single-point mooring system. Resinex is contributing to this project by providing 15 support buoys, each with a net buoyancy of 170 kg, capable of reaching depths of up to 6000 meters.
Their purpose is to maintain the stability of the surface buoy, ensuring that the oceanographic sensors are at the right depth to obtain precise technical data. Thanks to the remote anchoring system, these support buoys are replaced annually by new ones, simply by releasing the anchorage and retrieving them to the surface.
This replacement cycle lasts three years, ensuring that NIOT continues to benefit from the latest innovations in the field of Marine Technology and has access to state-of-the-art buoys.
Furthermore, the high-quality Resinex product ensures the buoys are secured at depth without any maintenance, reducing the need for underwater interventions, thus promoting the conservation of the marine ecosystems and lowering costs.
