SpaceX, the space exploration company, launched a research satellite into orbit on Friday 16 December 2022. Named SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography), the satellite – w...

As sea levels continue to rise and storms intensify, countries such as the Netherlands – where a third of land is below sea level – are becoming increasingly concerned...

SEA-KIT International has announced its first uncrewed surface vessel (USV) export sale to ThayerMahan, a leading provider of autonomous maritime solutions based in Connecticut, US...

NV5 Global, a provider of technology, conformity assessment and consulting solutions, was recently awarded a US$9 million contract by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administr...

The ‘Umi-no-Chizu’ (‘Map of the Sea’) project will use aerial measurement to map 90% of Japan’s shallow coastal waters (to a depth of 20m). This is a...

“Life is beautiful!” said Giuseppe Carnevali, on the afternoon of 7 November 2022. He was speaking from his home in Camaiore, and was tired and regretted that he was un...

Teledyne Marine has announced that the Ministry of Defence of Poland has procured, through Remontowa Shipbuilding, three additional Gavia autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) for...

Seatronics, a brand in Acteon’s Data and Robotics division, has begun the final installation and commissioning phase in the first sale of two mine identification and detonati...

Terradepth has launched Absolute Ocean (AO), a cloud-based geospatial solution providing high-level visualization, analysis, collaboration and management of all marine data. In add...

Fugro Quest, a vessel equipped with advanced deep-water technology, is the newest addition to Fugro’s geotechnical vessel fleet. Fugro uses this type of vessel to determine t...

SeaTrac Systems, in collaboration with the Woods Hole Group (WHG), has successfully completed a 21-day over-the-horizon deployment of SeaTrac’s SP-48 solar powered uncrewed s...

Hydroacoustic technology specialist GeoAcoustics and the University of Plymouth have signed a new technology partnership agreement based on the use of a GeoPulse Compact sub-bottom...

Please help us to predict the contours of the hydrographic industry in 2023 by taking part in our annual survey. Whatever your involvement in the fascinating and ever-evolving scie...

Global offshore geotechnical data acquisition, analysis and reporting specialist Geoquip Marine has successfully completed offshore investigations as part of an intensive contract...

For the first time, the relatively unexplored habitats and seabed biodiversity of the Gascoyne and Carnarvon Canyon Marine Parks will be surveyed by a team of scientists onboard re...

HydroSurv, a UK-based company in the uncrewed surface vessel (USV) sector, recently announced a partnership with Danish engineering company EIVA to supply autopilots for a lease fl...

Researchers have found a new transport route for carbonaceous material from productive Arctic marginal seas to the deep sea. In light of this newly discovered mechanism, the Barent...

Argeo Robotics, a fully owned subsidiary of Argeo AS, has been granted a patent from the Norwegian Industrial Patent office (Patentstyret) for an advanced subsea electromagnetic re...

A Saab Seaeye Falcon underwater robot has helped complete the first-ever systematic scientific survey of the waters of the Maldives — the lowest-lying nation on earth. The Ma...

R-evolution has been awarded a contract to supply multidimensional intelligent mapping services of The Bahamas’ seabed. The services are part of a larger initiative to enable...

Albert E. ‘Skip’ Theberge passed away on 1 November 2022. Theberge, who suffered from pancreatic cancer, leaves his wife Kathryn, a daughter and five grandchildren. The...

Applied Acoustics, an AAE Technologies Group company, has signed a major contract for the supply of multiple units of its next-generation military USBL subsea tracking system. The...

The Ocean Race, the round-the-world sailing competition known as the toughest test of a team in sport, and Mission Blue, an NGO dedicated to exploring the ocean and driving its pro...

SEA-KIT International has secured funding through Round 2 of the Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition (CMDC) to design a hydrogen powered, zero emission uncrewed surface vessel...

Scientists from the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) have discovered a substantial rise in sea levels in the Mediterranean Sea, using a vital new method to measure changes in sea...

The UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) has presented the 2021 Alexander Dalrymple Award to the U.S. Office of Coast Survey (OCS) in recognition of its outstanding contribution to global...

The San Diego-based ocean technology, engineering and science event, Oceanology International Americas (OiA) has reported an upswell in interest and provided additional details on...

Voyis has announced the development of the IMAGE (Image Mapping & Analysis for Governance and Education) project, funded through Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s Ocean...

U.S. oceanographic research centre Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) has chosen deepwater positioning technology from Sonardyne for its new, state-of-the-art scienti...

The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project has entered into a memorandum of understanding with the National Mapping and Resource Information Authority (NAMRIA) of the Philippi...