Hydrographic Survey

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

A £950 million (€1 billion) framework to connect remote Scottish islands with new or repaired subsea cabling has been announced by SSEN Distribution.

24th February 2026

SSEN pledges €1 billion to plug in remote Scottish islands

24th February 2026

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

It seems the sky is no longer the limit for Kongsberg Discovery, which is moving into outer space in a giant leap into the future.

23rd February 2026

PODCAST: From ocean to orbit – KD takes Giant Leap

23rd February 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

Steel has been cut on a unique ocean-going technology platform being built by the German Aerospace Centre (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, or DLR).

19th February 2026

German space centre cuts steel on ocean-going tech platform

19th February 2026

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

GeoAcoustics, who appeared in Maritime Journal’s latest Special Report, Autonomy at Sea, has appointed Seafloor Systems Inc. as its channel partner in the United States, expanding distribution of its hydroacoustic survey equipment…

12th February 2026

GeoAcoustics explores new depths in US

12th February 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Scientists who have for four decades contemplated building a subsea tunnel to link Africa and Europe have finally been tasked with investigating the seabed.

4th February 2026

Pushing boundaries: Africa-Europe subsea link

4th February 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

UK Defence Innovation has backed a multi-partner project deploying autonomous vessels and passive acoustics to strengthen subsea mapping and underwater monitoring of naval assets.

2nd February 2026

UK funds autonomous subsea sensing network

2nd February 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

The Italian Navy’s new Major Hydro-Oceanographic Ship has been launched at Fincantieri’s integrated shipyard in Riva Trigoso, representing a major step forward in Italy’s capacity for maritime research, environmental monitoring and security.

30th January 2026

Fincantieri advances Italian navy research

30th January 2026

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Singaporean start-up BeeX has been awarded a contract by the Defence and Technology Agency (DSTA) for its Hovering Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (HAUVs).

30th January 2026

WATCH: BeeX’s deep-sea Hovering AUVs

30th January 2026

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

As offshore wind capacity deployment continues to scale, developers need increasingly detailed characterisation of the seafloor to de-risk engineering activities such as cable route planning, landfall design and foundation installation.

23rd January 2026

Offshore wind on the CUSP of SBP breakthrough

23rd January 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

The final vessel in Ocean Infinity’s 14-vessel Armada fleet has been delivered, ‘closing a chapter’ on five years’ work, says the company.

17th December 2025

VIDEO: Last vessel in Ocean Infinity fleet delivered

17th December 2025

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Europe’s offshore wind revolution is running into a hard physical limit – the electricity grid.

11th December 2025

Offshore wind’s sky-high potential hits onshore grid wall

11th December 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

Spanish shipbuilder Astilleros Gondan has won an international tender to build two advanced hydrographic research vessels for the German government.

11th December 2025

Gondan wins German vessel contract after 3-year tender

11th December 2025

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

HydroSurv has secured new funding to advance an autonomous vessel system for 3D sub-bottom profiling to transform subsea survey work in offshore wind.

1st December 2025

A new era for autonomous sub-bottom profiling

1st December 2025

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Raymarine has joined forces with the Seabed 2030 project to advance seabed mapping and support safer vessel navigation across global subsea operations.

13th November 2025

Raymarine backs global seabed mapping drive

13th November 2025

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

The UK’s University of Portsmouth will spearhead a major project to design a cutting-edge surveillance system to reduce damage and disruption to undersea infrastructure, thanks to a grant of £772,372 from the…

24th October 2025

Portsmouth leads subsea protection

24th October 2025

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

A new study has revealed a method for predicting volcanic eruptions beneath the ocean floor using heat data from hydrothermal vents as an early warning signal of tectonic unrest.

23rd October 2025

Deep-sea submersible in new study to predict volcanic activity

23rd October 2025

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

New Seawork exhibitor Dynautics has unveiled its Phantom II AUV, which will be demonstrated at the event in June next year.

8th October 2025

Modular underwater vehicle finishes sea trials

8th October 2025

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) has launched what it calls a world-first research programme to teach Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) to read, interpret and act upon official navigational data.

7th October 2025

Autonomous ships taught to read official navigation data

7th October 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

Exail has reached a significant milestone in maritime autonomy with its DriX O-16 transoceanic uncrewed surface vehicle (USV), which has successfully completed a groundbreaking 1,100-nautical-mile (2,000 km) voyage.

26th September 2025

Exail proves autonomous readiness

26th September 2025

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

An eight-year contract has been awarded for subsea surveys to enable offshore substations that will be pivotal to integrate offshore wind into the European power grid.

23rd September 2025

‘Pivotal’ subsea survey services signed to prepare grid

23rd September 2025