Call for Reform at Hydro 2002

Nothing less than a total reform of the inter-governmental International Hydrographic Organization in Monaco is necessary for continued advancement of the hydrographic industry if it is to meet its obligations enshrined in the recently revised Chapter V of the Annex to Solas, said Dr Peter Ehlers in a hard-hitting keynote address to delegates at the opening of Hydro 2002 in Kiel on 8 October.

A Hamburg University of Applied Sciences research vessel was used to demonstrate echosounders together with sidescan sonar at Hydro 2002.

Nothing less than a total reform of the inter-governmental International Hydrographic Organization in Monaco is necessary for continued advancement of the hydrographic industry if it is to meet its obligations enshrined in the recently revised Chapter V of the Annex to Solas, said Dr Peter Ehlers in a hard-hitting keynote address to delegates at the opening of Hydro 2002 in Kiel on 8 October.