During the first IHO Assembly taking place from 24 to 28 April 2017 in Monaco, the represented Member States will elect the new Secretary-General and directors. There are currently...

Oriental countries are dedicated to the hydrographic profession but don’t often beat the drums in order to be heard. There’s a lot of work being done, though. One examp...

 William Egan is vice president Sales & Marketing at Teledyne marine Imaging and Instruments. Hydro International asked him (and other leaders in the business) 5 questions...

Duncan Mallace is head of the Business Development Council at QPS. Hydro International asked him (and other leaders in the business) 5 questions. Technology and societal needs are...

Ola Oskarsson is founder of MMT, Sweden.  Hydro International asked him (and other leaders in the business) 5 questions. Technology and societal needs are changing rapidly. Ho...

Bjorn Jalving is executive vice president at Kongsberg Marine, Subsea division. Hydro International asked him (and other leaders in the business) 5 questions. Technology and s...

Martin Jakobsson is the vice chairman of the General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO) Guiding Committee and Chairman of the International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Oce...

Allen Leatt became chief executive of IMCA, the International Marine Contractors Association, in autumn 2015 after a career with leading contractors in the offshore oil and gas con...

Robert Ward, Secretary-General, is the chief administrative officer of the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) and heads the permanent secretariat. Hydro International as...

Dr. Mohd Razali Mahmud is head of GeoCoastal Research Unit, Faculty of Geoinformation and Real Estate, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). Hydro International asked him 5 que...

Larry Mayer is professor and director of the School of Marine Science and Ocean Engineering and director of the Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping, University of New Hampshire, U...

Nicolas Seube is scientific director of the CIDCO (Interdisciplinary Center for the Development of Ocean Mapping), Rimouski, Québec, Canada; formerly the coordinator of the...

Looking at the programme of the Hydro16 Conference, that was held in Rostock-Warnemünde, Germany, one of the keynote speakers was particularly remarkable, namely the legal spe...

It’s fascinating to see that communication techniques are evolving. On the shore there is already a clear trend towards eliminating cables and wires. So a logical consequence...

Renewable energy is ‘hot’ these days. Many people think of wind farms on the horizon when they think of marine renewable energy. Marine energy can manifest itself in mo...

The first Forum for Future of the Ocean Floor Mapping was held in Monaco from 15 to 17 June 2016. Some 200 delegates gathered, under the flag of General Bathymetric Chart of the Oc...

Hydrographic mapping is all about collecting and processing data that leads  to products such as nautical charts and other products contributing to safe navigation, a better e...

In October 2015, Capt Brian D. Connon assumed the role of director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s Maritime Safety Office. The organisation is an import...

On 1 February 2016 a European consortium launched a new Horizon 2020 project: Blue Nodules. This project addresses the challenge of creating a viable and sustainable value chain to...

These are exciting times in the geomatics and hydrographic industry. Innovative solutions are being developed, integration is the main keyword and the big players are acquiring sma...

NOAA is one of the bigger organisations in the world that has surveying and charting in its portfolio. It’s an immense task as the USA has about 95,000 miles of coastline, im...

For some years now EMODnet has been creating access to marine data sources. The long-term aim of EMODnet is to unlock the wealth of marine observations and data in Europe that are...