Hydrographic Survey

Fugro, the Dutch survey conglomerate operating worldwide in over 50 countries, has launched an internet based remote access service, Fugro' s Advanced Navigation System (FANS). It enables remote connections to offshore survey…

The Port of London Authority, which is responsible for navigational safety and related issues on 150km of the tidal Thames from the sea to Teddington, has commissioned Galloper, a new £ 115,000…

Kongsberg Maritime is to purchase GeoAcoustics, the Great Yarmouth UK based sonar equipment specialists for both civil and defence applications, for approximately £ 4.3m.

The Dutch subsidiaries of Japan' s Topcon and Denmark' s Reson are to collaborate in the marketing of GNSS receivers for hydrographic applications throughout the Benelux.

Watford UK based Teledyne TSS, manufacturers of inertial navigation systems, gyrocompasses, motion sensors, pipe and cable trackers, has expanded its global sales and support network with the establishment of new premises in…

Over 50 exhibitors and speakers from Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Sweden, the UK and US are among the main features of Hydro8, the 16th European Hydro Symposium being held in…

A $250,000 calibration laboratory and cable moulding facility doubling the size of its operations has been opened by Seatronics Inc at its Houston premises.

Dutch survey software specialists Quality Positioning Services (QPS) of Zeist have extended their established QINSy 8 series of data acquisition and navigation software modules with introduction of a new low cost suite…

The accuracy of Galileo, Europes multi-billion euro satellite positioning network due to become operational around 2014, is better than GPS according to a team of three researchers from Delft Technical Universitys Faculty…

SeaZone Solutions, a subsidiary of the UK Hydrographic Office, is to hold a series of six local government regional workshops throughout England from 30 September to 9 October.

The International Maritime Organisations Safety of Navigation sub-committee has finally agreed a series of deadlines for mandatory use of electronic chart display and information systems with a comprehensive timetable long-sought by bodies…

Gardline Marine Sciences Ireland, a subsidiary of its parent UK organisation in Great Yarmouth, has acquired Imar Survey of Conamara, Co Galway, one of Irelands leading independent hydrographic and geophysical companies specialising…

The Galileoproject, Europes proposed answer to the USGlobal Positioning System (GPS), is in disarray following the failure of aneight member group of companies to meet a European Commission deadline totransform itself into…

SRDof Beverley, East Yorkshire UKreports delivery of a purpose designed multibeam seabed visualisation,measurement and control system to De Beers Marine in South Africa under a contract worthover £ 500,000.

Expenditure onROV operations, which has more than doubled since 2002 according to industryestimates, has just risen still further with news that Seaeye, the Fareham UKbased company specialising in development of electrically powered…

TheUK Hydrographic Office has introduced a new brochure on its programme ofaccredited courses on marine cartography and associated disciplines which areavailable at its training centre in Taunton.