[3] This equipment allows the ship to meet the ISO 9002 digital-survey accuracy standards required for the production of electronic navigation charts and publications in accordance with the International Hydrographic Organization.

The survey covered the entire 32-nautical-mile (59 km; 37 mi) coast, from North Point to Petite Anse, replacing navigational charts made in 1890.

[5] The survey of the Saya de Malha Bank allowed the government of Mauritius to claim an extended continental shelf beyond its exclusive economic zone.

This survey was necessitated by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, which made massive geomorphological changes to the islands and their surrounding seafloor (affecting the movement of ships and smaller watercraft).

A boarding party was launched to disable it; a search revealed that the dhow held six skiffs with outboard motors, armed with AK-47s and ammunition and supplied with food and water.