Coda Octopus Awarded Contract Towards End of FY 2009 by Van Oord for Additional Echoscope Real Time 3D Sonar System

Coda Octopus Group, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: CDOC), a world leader in underwater port security and marine survey technology, announced today that it received an order towards the end of FY 2009 from Van Oord Dredging and Marine Contractors for the supply of an Echoscope® 3D Real Time sonar system. The order follows the purchase of Echoscope® systems in 2008 by Ras Laffan Northern Breakwater Contractors (RLNBC), the joint venture company comprising Van Oord and Boskalis. The systems were deployed successfully on the Ras Laffan LNG port expansion project in Qatar.