Just 20 kilometres off the coast near Hoek van Holland, in the Dutch sector of the North Sea, a groundbreaking seismic monitoring experiment is about to begin. The University of Tw...

Marking World Hydrography Day, the Seabed 2030 Project – a collaboration between The Nippon Foundation and GEBCO – has revealed that over a quarter of the world’s...

Fugro has been selected to carry out geophysical and geotechnical site investigations for two major offshore wind projects in the German North Sea. The Windbostel Ost and Windboste...

The global oceanographic community is invited to gather in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, this autumn for the Slocum Glider User’s Conference, taking place from 7–9 October...

SatLab recently launched the HydroBoat 1200MB, a compact uncrewed surface vehicle (USV) system designed for 3D hydrographic surveying in inland and nearshore waters. The all-in-one...

A major scientific expedition led by the UK’s National Oceanography Centre (NOC) set sail on 30 May from Southampton aboard the Royal Research Ship James Cook, marking four d...

OceanAlpha, a leading innovator in uncrewed marine technology, recently concluded its L25 uncrewed surface vessel (USV) demonstration held at Port Rashid, Dubai, from 26–29 M...

On 29 May 2025, the research vessel Polarstern departed from Bremerhaven, bound for the Arctic. On board are 95 expedition members led by the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI), headin...

Nanometrics, a global leader in passive seismic instrumentation and turnkey services, has joined forces with K.U.M. Umwelt- und Meerestechnik Kiel GmbH (K.U.M.), a specialist in of...

Saildrone, in partnership with Meta, successfully completed the first autonomous deep-water cable route survey in the North Atlantic, setting a new benchmark for offshore mapping....

The Regional Government of Andalusia, Spain, has launched a new public tender for the acquisition of high-resolution bathymetric Lidar data, aimed at improving the region’s u...

Flemish Hydrography – Vlaamse Hydrografie in Dutch – has introduced a new uncrewed surface vehicle (USV) named Nemo to support hydrographic surveys in shallow and...

The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project has announced a new partnership with the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The collaboration aims to advance ocean knowledge an...

A pioneering team of ocean robots and instruments is now at work in the icy depths of the Labrador Sea, part of a year-long scientific mission led by the UK’s National Oceano...

During a recent initiative at Campus@Sea in The Hague, 12 consortia from the survey industry joined forces with the Dutch Ministry of Defence at the Seabed Security Experimentation...

Blue Armada Robotics, a Polish dual-use maritime technology company, has been selected to join NATO’s Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA). This is a...

DeepOcean is stepping up its global presence through the acquisition of Shelf Subsea, a specialist in subsea services across the Eastern Hemisphere. This strategic move brings toge...

Renowned marine archaeologist Mensun Bound is set to deliver the keynote address at the 68th Marine Measurement Forum (MMF), scheduled for 11 June 2025 at the award-winning Hogs Ba...

Darkocean and Helms Geomarine have signed a strategic partnership agreement aimed at enhancing offshore geotechnical capabilities in key regions including Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the...

The British Geological Survey (BGS) has delivered the first ever marine geology and habitat maps for Ascension Island – an isolated volcanic island located south of the equat...

Cellula Robotics has signed a sales and representation agreement with Subsea Europe Services (SES) and its defence division, FLANQ. The partnership is set to strengthen Cellula&rsq...

In May 2025, the Danish Geodata Agency strengthened maritime collaboration between Denmark and Ghana during a week-long visit focused on training, technology and local capacity bui...

Marine archaeologists have discovered the long-lost Dutch merchant vessel Koning Willem de Tweede, which sank nearly 170 years ago off the coast of South Australia. The wreck offer...

A recent 35-day deep-sea expedition to the remote South Sandwich Islands has yielded a wealth of remarkable discoveries, from thriving polar ecosystems and vibrant coral gardens to...

MAREANO is entering new territory this year as it prepares to use an uncrewed surface vessel (USV) for large-scale seabed mapping for the first time. In August, Fugro will send its...

In a significant milestone for Canadian polar research, the country’s first fully domestic Antarctic expedition depended on Arrow Gold+ GNSS receivers, developed in Montreal,...

As underwater threats become increasingly sophisticated – particularly with the growing use of drones and autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) – the demand for advance...

Global ocean research is becoming more connected, as the International Seabed Authority (ISA) has joined the Ocean Data and Information System (ODIS) – a worldwide network th...

On 1 May, the Port of Gulfport in Mississippi, US, initiated continuous autonomous subsea surveillance – a notable development in the monitoring of port security and marine i...

To strengthen the accuracy and efficiency of its offshore geophysical operations, energy data and intelligence specialist TGS has chosen the Gaps M7 USBL system from Exail. This co...