Hydrographic Survey

iXBlue, the specialist French navigation, positioning and imaging organisation operating in over 30 countries, launched at Seawork International its latest all-purpose catamaran designed for hydrographic, oceanographic and biological missions, iXCat 80.

Subsea technology leaders Sonardyne International in Hampshire, UK and 2G Robotics of Ontario, Canada are to formally collaborate on the development and promotion of a dynamic underwater laser mapping system which they…

Canadian software specialist Teledyne Caris has extended its widely-adopted HIPS and SIPS suite of products with introduction of HIPS Essential designed to meet the needs of ports and waterways, small survey companies…

Dutch survey conglomerate Fugro has begun an own-ship survey of approximately 15,000 square km of Norwegian territorial waters on behalf of the government’s Hydrographic Service under a contract reportedly worth around €3.8m.

Mapping Our Seas, Oceans & Waterways - More Important Than Ever is the theme of this year’s UN-sponsored World Hydrography Day due to be marked worldwide on and around 21 June.