Extensive sheet pile wall inspection in the Port of Hamburg

In spring 2014 a survey was conducted in the Port of Hamburg to examine the condition of a quay wall. For this purpose Kongsberg Maritime Embient GmbH (KMEMB) introduced a three-stage inspection concept, which provides, according to the current state-of-the-art sonar-techniques, best possible information and analysis of the inspected object, while significantly reducing survey time and costs related to the inspection. On basis of the survey data, a complete picture of the quay wall was created. Several areas of specific interest have been detected, such as bended sheet piles, scouring and distorted steel plates.

quay wall inspection | underwater inspection | MBES | multi-frequency scanning sonar | 3D modelling