HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

New Dutch Chief Hydrographer

15 years ago

Captain Peter Kortenoeven, until recently a staff officer for maritime planning at NATO’s headquarters in Brussels, has been appointed Chief Hydrographer of the Royal Netherlands Navy, in succession to Captain Floor de Haan.

Based in The Hague, the naval Hydrographic Office has overall responsibility for nautical charts and publications covering the Dutch continental shelf as well as waters around Curacao, Sint Maarten and Aruba in the Caribbean.

Surveys are carried out by two dedicated 75m hydrographic vessels, HNLMS Luymesand HNLMS Snellius. Recent hosted activities have included a symposium in Amsterdam on new bathymetric re-survey policies attended by national delegates and others from Belgium and Denmark.