Schmidt Ocean Institute’s research vessel Falkor has collected the first public seafloor data of the New Year, as part of a global effort to map the entire ocean floor by 203...

The sudden closure of the borders between the United Kingdom and parts of continental Europe to stop spreading the new variant of the Covid-19 virus is causing delay in delivery of...

Fugro in the Caribbean has received a contract award from Petronas Suriname E&P B.V. (PSEPBV), a subsidiary of Petronas, for the provision of positioning services for an explor...

Oceanology International 2020, held this year as a virtual event from 1 to 4 December on the custom-built, AI-driven Oi Connect events and meetings platform, completed its inaugura...

SeaTrac Systems has announced that the SP-48 is now commercially available. The SeaTrac SP-48 is a persistent Uncrewed Surface Vehicle (USV) designed for users who require a flexib...

Launched less than three weeks ago, the Copernicus Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite has not only returned its first data, but results also show that it is functioning far bett...

Sonardyne technology has been selected to support the world’s largest and most environmentally sustainable fleet of ocean-going, multi-role robotic vessels, which is being la...

The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC-UNESCO), the United Nations body responsible for championing global ocean science and services, has announce...

It is now possible to map shallow water topography, globally, from the comfort of your desk. Satellite-Derived Bathymetry (SDB), which uses remote sensors on space-borne platf...

Bureau Veritas (BV), a world leader in testing, inspection and certification, has awarded classification to the research vessel Jákup Sverri. Built in the Faroese MEST...

Kongsberg Maritime has announced the launch of the EM 304 MKII, the newest addition to its portfolio of deepwater multibeam echosounders. Underpinned by a brand new Kongsberg-desig...

Oceanology International has been the world’s largest ocean technology exhibition and conference for over 50 years. This year, a virtual edition of the event is being organiz...

A new survey vessel named Garda, equipped with a multibeam echosounder, has been acquired as part of the FAIRway Danube project. Through the project, a new dedicated survey crew ha...

A new system for autonomous airborne hydrographic surveys has been launched by THURN Group. The THURN QuickDip system of data collection uses aerial drones to carry Valeport sensor...

An enormous iceberg, called A-68A, has made headlines over the past weeks as it drifts towards South Georgia in the Southern Ocean. New images, captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-...

Surveying the seabed is still an enormous task. So far, only 20% of the regions under water have been mapped with echosounders. This refers only to the topography, not to the conte...

Teledyne CARIS, a Teledyne Technologies company, has announced significant funding from Canada’s Ocean Supercluster award to develop software for remote operations survey pro...

Backscatter is the reflection of a signal (such as sound waves or light) back in the direction from where it originated. Backscatter is commonly used in medical ultrasounds to unde...

MarineDash is a newly launched online service designed to connect vessel owners with prospective charterers. The service will cater initially to vessels for hydrographic and geophy...

The UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) has launched a new beta version of its Seabed Mapping Service, now available via the ADMIRALTY Marine Data Portal. The ADMIRALTY Marine Data...

Fugro has successfully completed a large site characterization field programme off the coast of Massachusetts for Mayflower Wind, a joint venture between Shell New Energies and Oce...

Hydrographic survey technology provider Subsea Europe Services GmbH has introduced a new compact version of its integrated Hydrographic Survey System (iHSS). Called iHSS-Compact, i...

In New Zealand, high-tech seabed surveying of the approaches to Port Taranaki began this week. The survey area extends along the coast from Ōkato to Waitara and approximately 7km f...

The University of South Florida’s College of Marine Science has been awarded a five-year, US$9 million cooperative agreement by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administr...

Teledyne Gavia, manufacturer of Gavia, SeaRaptor and Osprey Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), has announced the integration of the Kraken Robotics MINSAS Interferometric...

Morgan & Eklund (M&E) recently announced the successful completion of a multibeam and side-scan sonar survey to map and monitor an artificial reef offshore Fort Pierce alon...

On behalf of its client Boskalis, subsea technology company Seatools completed the development, manufacturing and testing of a plough position monitoring buoy. After successful sea...

New bathymetric and oceanographic data collected by an international team of ocean scientists provides important insights into the processes that have been controlling the rapid lo...

Ocean Business organizer Diversified Communications UK has confirmed that the show’s next edition has been postponed due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The ocean techno...

The Ocean Exploration Cooperative Institute (OECI), funded by NOAA’s Office of Ocean Exploration and Research (OER), recently signed a purchase contract to acquire a DriX Unm...