Ross to Deliver Two New Survey Boats to the Rock Island District

摘要

On February 16, Ross Labs, LLC of Edmonds, Washington, received the first of two boats it is providing to the Rock Island Corps of Engineer District and has begun installing the hydro-graphic survey hardware and software.The boats will replace two similar systems Ross delivered to Rock Island in 2001 and 2002 for survey work on the Mississippi and Illinois rivers.Jon Klingman, chief of the Rock Island District Channel Maintenance Section said, "The boats will be utilized primarily for hydrographic survey in support of the dredging and navigation missions on both the Illinois and Mississippi rivers."