Hydrographic Survey

A worldwide audience of over 300 specialist delegates is expected at the 7th international conference on High-Resolution Surveys in Shallow Water, to be held at Plymouth University, UK from 14-18 September.

Ian Holden, currently Project Surveyor with DOF Subsea in Aberdeen, has been elected Chairman of The Hydrographic Society UK (THS UK) in succession to David Parker, the UKHO’s Hydrography Manager with particular…

MMT of Sweden is to carry out bathymetric and geophysical mapping as part of the world’s longest HVDC (High Voltage Direct Current) route survey between Iceland and the UK.

DeepOcean Group, the Norwegian subsea organisation recently awarded a five-year contract by BG Group for ROV-based inspection, maintenance and repair work covering UK and Norwegian assets in the North Sea, has in…

Among novel developments featured on Del Norte Technology’s stand at Seawork International was a fully-laden suitcase-type container providing claimed all-in-one hydrographic solutions with a multitude of functions, GeoSonic.

ECDIS manufacturer Martek Marine of Rotherham has teamed with Safebridge and the ECDIS Training Consortium in Hamburg to provide type-specific computer-based training for crew members aboard vessels without internet access while at…

Organisers of the biennial Oceanology International 2016 conference programme at London’s ExCel Centre next March are now inviting abstracts of papers for presentation at an event expect to attract well over 8,000…

The UK Hydrographic Office says that some of its most recently acquired UK bathymetry is now available on its Data Archiving Centre (DAC) web portal following refreshing of data-based information.

Odom Hydrographic, the recently-acquired Teledyne company in the US, has announced development of MB2, a fully integrated multibeam echosounder designed for rapid mobilisation on smaller vessels.

Responding to increased usage for survey, installation and inspection tasks, the International Marine Contractors Associations Offshore Survey Division has published an introductory guide to inertial navigation systems for offshore applications, IMCA S…

Leading supplier of positioning, communications and survey services Nautronix of Aberdeen has been awarded a multi-million pound contract extension for continuing provision of survey services over the next three years to Ocean…

The first trans-Atlantic mapping survey to be carried out under a €70m cooperative research programme jointly convened by the EU, Canada and the US as part of Horizon 2020, the largest-ever EU…

‘Our Seas and Waterways - Yet to be Charted and Explored’ is the theme chosen by the Monaco-based inter-governmental International Hydrographic Organization for this year’s UN-sponsored World Hydrography Day on 21 June.

The International Federation of Hydrographic Societies, which has its administrative headquarters in Plymouth, is to hold its 23rd Hydro conference in Cape Town’s International Convention Centre from 23-25 November.

Teledyne TSS of Watford, UK, has extended its Saturn product range with introduction of new fibre-optic gyrocompass models. While specifically designed for commercial shipping, fast ferry and superyacht markets, the compact systems…

A new purpose-built survey catamaran under construction by Colchester-based CTruk for delivery to the Port of London’s Hydrographic Service later this year is to be equipped with an R2Sonic 2024 broadband multibeam…