The Alexander Dalrymple Award is given by the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) in recognition of an outstanding contribution to world hydrography. First presented in 2006,...

The Hydro17 Organising Committee is pleased to present the preliminary programme for the Hydro17 Conference to be held in Rotterdam from 14 to 16 November 2017. With almost 50 pape...

Hydrography is important to visualise the water floor. This can be done in various ways, from using a sounding stick to a remotely controlled singlebeam echosounder or a survey ves...

On 29 November 2005, the United Nations designated 21 June as World Hydrography Day. This year, World Hydrography Day also marked the 96th anniversary of the establi...

Mike Eaton passed away at his home in Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada on Thursday 9 October 2014. Richard Michael Eaton was born in England in 1928. He joined the British Royal N...

On 26 August 2014, Victor G. Rybin died at the age of 83 after a long illness. He was captain of first rank known as hydrographic and marine cartographer and served and worked in t...

On 29 August, the HSB organised an afternoon workshop in Delfshaven, Rotterdam. The workshop was planned on this day as an addition to the scheduled series. The theme of autonomous...

New Zealand Region On 23 June 2014, the NZ Region of the Australasian Hydrographic Society celebrated World Hydrographic Day with a symposium and its annual AGM. The event was gene...

The 2nd Research-to-Practice Conference was held on the eve of the World Hydrography Day on 20 June 2014. It was run by the Hydrographic ­Society of Russia (HSR) in cooperation...

The Canadian Hydrographic Association (CHA) wrapped up another successful conference (CHC2014) in St. John’s Newfoundland and Labrador this past April. Partial proceedings ar...

A Hydrographic Society Benelux Workshop was organised in Aalst, Belgium on 12 June 2014. It was hosted by the dredging company Jan De Nul and organised by HSB vice-chair Alain De W...

AHS Awards Scheme The AHS Awards Scheme recognises those who have made significant contributions to our hydrographic industry. The first awards under this scheme were presented at...

Company Visit to Sevzapgidroproekt A delegation of HSR members, headed by president N. Neronov, visited Sevzapgidroproekt. Chairman of the Board of Directors, Yuri Yushkov, gave a...

The Hydrographic Society ­Benelux (HSB) has contact with professionals during various workshops and meetings, however, they also meet virtually. For this purpose, Facebook and...

Workshop on Belgian Tidal Energy Atoll and AGM On 19 March, the Hydrographic Society Benelux organised a workshop on the creation of a tidal energy atoll offshore Belgium in the No...

The AHS Awards Scheme is open for nominations for those who have made significant contributions to our hydrographic industry. The first awards under this scheme were presented at H...

On 13 December 2013, a group of HSR members paid ­Fertoing a visit.  The visitors were welcomed and accompanied by the head of the company, Mr. A. Melnikov. Firstly, they...

The Hydrographic ­Society Benelux gathered for a well-attended meeting in the Nautical Museum (Scheepvaartmuseum) in Amsterdam for a workshop on vessel geometry and calibration...

On 1 November 2013, more than 50 people gathered on the ice breaker Krasin to participate in polar readings on the theme: Severnaya Zemlya: opening, research and the present. This...

Workshop on Technical Developments During ­Europort As a side-event to Europort 2013, the Hydrographic Society Benelux organised a workshop matching the theme of the event &lsq...

The 12th International exhib­ition ‘Neva - 2013’ took place in Saint Petersburg from 25 to 27 September 2013. Within the framework of the exhib­ition, the Inter...

Rupert Gerritsen R.O.N. (1953-2013) Rupert Gerritsen passed away in Canberra on 3 November 2013. He was chair of ‘Australia on the Map’ (AOTM), the ­Heritage and Hi...

About 45 members of the Hydrographic Society Benelux attended the Hydrography in the Offshore workshop, which was held on Wednesday 18 September 2013 at the headquarters of Fugro i...

East Australia Region The EAR Committee held a one day seminar on 16 August 2013 with the theme of ‘The Blue Economy and the Law of the Sea’. The EAR also hosted a Kore...

The International conference on ‘Problems, methods and means of research of World oceans’ took place in Zaporozhje, Ukraine on 13 and 14 May 2013. The conference was or...

The Hydrographic Society Benelux highlighted World Hydrography Day 2013 (WHD’13) with a workshop dedicated to the theme of WHD’13: ’Hydrography – underpinni...

 The AHS Awards for 2013 are as follows: • Patron’s Gold Medal: CDRE Rod Nairn AM, RAN • Award of Merit – Literary and Media Achievement (Non-Fiction): D...

Spotlight on Ship Building at Hydrographentag The 27th Hydrographentag of the German Hydrographic ­Society (DHyG) was a ‘first’: the meeting was organised toge...

Spotlight on Ship Building at Hydrographentag The 27th Hydrographentag of the German Hydrographic ­Society (DHyG) was a ‘first’: the meeting was organised together...