Hydrographic Survey

SHOM, the French Naval Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service, has completed digitisation of 10,000 worldwide cartographic documents from its historical maritime and coastal archives.

Organisers of BASE-Platform, a two-year EU-funded research project aimed at establishing a new and easily accessible internet platform for provision of bathymetric data products derived from current and upcoming Copernicus and other…

The Finnish Transport Agency Liikennevirasto (FTA) in Helsinki, which is responsible for Hydrography in Finland, has appointed Teledyne Caris for provision of a new bathymetric data management system as part of a…

CGG’s prowess as a leading exponent of seismic survey services has been underlined with reports of the French organisation’s recent completion of near real-time imaging results for a 4,200 square-kilometre 3D operation…

Established software specialists Teledyne Caris have announced a new survey suite enabling users to process data in near real-time for reduced conversion and processing times, Caris Onboard 1.1.

Following extensive trials of various systems Ports of Jersey in the Channel Islands has extended its survey capability with acquisition of an R2Sonic Sonic 2024 multibeam system and associated equipment delivered and…

A near-record attendance of an estimated 400 delegates from 38 countries was recorded for Hydro 2016, the International Federation of Hydrographic Societies’ 24th symposium held in Rostock-Warnemunde in early November.

Fugro Pelagos Inc of San Diego, a subsidiary of the Dutch group operating in 60 countries, has been awarded a multi-purpose survey contract by the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) in…

Two Dutch organisations, subsea specialists N-Sea and unexploded ordnance experts Bodac, are to jointly market their marine UXO survey, identification and removal resources for projects across Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands and Scandinavia.

The Polar Research Institute of China in Shanghai has commissioned Sonardyne underwater acoustic positioning technology for its new 122.5-metre Finnish-designed 14,300gt research vessel.

Great Yarmouth, UK-based Gardline Marine Sciences, which specialises in worldwide hydrographic, geophysical, environmental, oceanographic and geotechnical surveys, reports that it has so far surveyed in excess of 25,000km of cable routes during…

Birte Noer Borrevik has been appointed Director of the Norwegian Mapping Authority’s Hydrographic Service which is based in Stavanger with a staff of 145 specialist personnel.