Hydrographic Survey

Equipment rental specialist Swathe Services of Saltash in Cornwall UK, which recently acquired a third Sonic 2024 broadband multibeam system from R2Sonic in California, is to provide an airborne LiDAR (light detection…

Marin Mätteknik AB (MMT) of Gothenburg, Sweden and NetSurvey of Banbury in the UK have merged their operations, having closely collaborated on various hydrographic survey assignments during the last six years.

The Irish government, which recently announced €150,000 funding of a wave energy research project, is now inviting applications from exploration companies of all sizes to identify and promote investigative projects in its…

3D and 4D visualisation specialists IVS 3D of Banbury, UK are to merge with QPS of Zeist, the Netherlands, makers of QINSy data acquisition software in worldwide use for hydrographic applications.

Problems associated with port usage of Portable Pilot Units (PPUs) together with electronic charts and precise positioning is to be the subject of an afternoon seminar at Southampton Solent University’s Conference Centre…

Chelsea Technologies Group of West Molesey, Surrey, which recently delivered a novel 6m long acoustic array to the Norwegian University of Science & Technology for communication studies in Trondheim Fjord, is hosting…

ROV and survey specialists Specialist Subsea Services (S3) of Aberdeen plan a major expansion of activities in the UK as well as in the Mediterranean and West Africa following acquisition of Caledonian…

Naples based GeoLab Srl, one of Europe’s foremost turnkey offshore survey and construction support organisations, has extended an agreement for continued use of a full range of Veripos GNSS positioning facilities in…

Smartrak 9, an inspection system that intuitively senses the presence of subsea cables and pipelines using a smaller than usual ROV is set to significantly reduce costs of survey work in the…

UK seabed mapping and coastal survey specialists Osiris Projects of Bromborough in Cheshire have commissioned an Octans gyrocompass/motion sensor and a Hydrins inertial navigation system from iXSea of France.

Fugro Geos of Wallingford in the UK has been awarded a contract by Seagreen Wind Energy for oceanographic surveys of the zone designated for the Firth of Forth Round 3 offshore wind…