Hydrographic Survey

The UK Hydrographic Office has signed a licencing agreement with Nautical Information Services BV for direct electronic transmission of Admiralty Notices to Mariners to vessels at sea under the Digital Folio and…

European Union Transport Ministers meeting in Brussels have given an official go-ahead for continued development of the Galileo satellite positioning system which will provide an alternative to the comparable GPS network operated…

Two new survey vessels being built at the Royal Schelde yard in Flushing for delivery to the Royal Netherlands Navy in 2004 are to be equipped with integrated bridge systems designed by…

Gardline Surveys of Great Yarmouth has been awarded a further two-year contract by the Ministry of Defence for surveys in support of updating UK nautical charts on behalf of the UK Hydrographic…

Rear Admiral Alexandros Maratos, Director of the Greek Navys Hydrographic Services, has been elected President of the International Hydrographic Organizations Bureau Directing Committee which will oversee the Monaco-based inter-governmental bodys work for…

Metoc of Liphook, Hampshire has signed a licensing agreement with the UK Hydrographic Officer under which it will supply Admiralty charts in a geographical information system (GIS)-compatible vector format.

No OI event would be complete without its customary spate of contract announcements and this years round of awards proved no exception.

Clydeside Surveys in the UK has recently completed a post dredge survey in Belfast Lough, following a major widening of the existing 11km long channel.