Hydrographic Survey

With over 90% of exhibition space already reserved by more than 300 organisations from around the world, this years biennial Oceanology International event at Londons ExCel Centre from 16-19 March promises to…

Valeport of Totnes reports a repeat order from the Royal Navy for its Model 740 portable tide gauges, to be used in support of survey applications. Also being supplied are miniSVS sound…

Bremen-based Atlas Hydrographic , in association with Ferrostaal de Colombia, has received an order from the Colombian Navy sHydrographic Service for a 30kHz Atlas Hydrosweep MD-2 multibeam echosounder with a depth range…

Sonardyne invites users to do more with their Super Sub-Mini (SSM) transponders by acquiring new firmware for testing and configuring a host of proprietary subsea positioning transponders.

United States-based Coastal Oceanographics Inc , developers of widely-used software for marine surveying, positioning and navigation, has announced availability of a new HYPACK MAX version 2.12a Gold program for survey design, data…

The Society for Underwater Technology and the Hydrographic Society in Scotland are convening a one-day seminar on Digital Video for Offshore Survey & Inspection , in Aberdeen on 15 January. It will…

Fugro NV , the leading Dutch survey concern with over 250 offices in 57 countries, has acquired Thales GeoSolutions for a reported ? 147.5m.

Canadian echosounder specialist Knudsen Engineering is to premiere two new systems at Oceanology International 2004 at Londons ExCel Centre next March.

The London-based International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA), which has a worldwide membership drawn from more than 40 countries, has published a set of Terms & Conditions for Survey Support Services based on…

Net Survey of Claydon, Oxfordshire reports recent completion of two contrasting projects that have pushed the boundaries of multibeam technology, says Managing Director Duncan Mallace.

CARIS , the Canadian leader in software for marine and hydrographic spatial information production and management, has released Version 2.0 of its widely-used Hydrographic Production Database (HPD).

Work on what is claimed to be the first parametric echo sounder capable of deployment on ROVs down to 2000m is now being carried out by Aquadyne AS of Asker, Norway in…

Bremen-based Atlas Hydrographic, which recently reported successful trials of its Parasound DS-2 parametric sub-bottom profiler aboard the Russian Academy of Sciences research vessel, Akademik Boris Petrov, en route to the Kara Sea…

Elsewhere on the DGPS front, Veripos is offering Verichart, a free CD-based mapping facility for producing detailed charts of its proprietary Differential GPS HF and Inmarsat-delivered correction service networks for Africa, North…

Metoc of Liphook, Hampshire, has been awarded a five-year contract by Shell UK Expro in Aberdeen for supply of definitive marine data sets in a ready-to-use geographic information system (GIS).