Representatives of 26 countries sitting on the IHO Council and Observers gathered in October 2022 in Monaco to review the work carried out and establish priorities for the coming y...

A new ocean science effort to improve equity and inclusion is underway, thanks to a US$4.98 million cooperative agreement with three regional associations of the NOAA-led U.S. Inte...

Following the acquisition of iXblue by Group Gorgé at the end of September 2022, ECA Group and iXblue announced that both companies will be operating under a new common bran...

Topodrone, a Swiss-based designer and manufacturer of high-precision Lidar equipment for installation on drones, vehicles and backpacks, has launched Aquamapper, a UAV-based soluti...

New Zealand underwater robotics company Boxfish Research has announced that their remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) are now autonomous-capable, allowing customers to future-proof t...

The National Center of Space Research and Technology of Kazakhstan is currently implementing digital bathymetric surveys that provide detailed riverbed mapping data, as Berik Rakhy...

Survey data from a vast underwater valley off East Antarctica, collected during icebreaker RSV Nuyina’s first voyage, has been publicly released through the national seabed m...

Saildrone has been selected to receive a major award from the National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium (NOWRDC) to facilitate offshore wind’s coexistence wi...

Deutsche Windtechnik has signed several contracts for underwater inspections at offshore wind farms in the North Sea and Baltic Sea. As part of the sustainable, cost-efficient clus...

Unique Group has successfully supported the Australian Institute of Marine Science in completing a carbon-conscious bathymetric survey at Cape Ferguson by performing seabed modelli...

The UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) has started supplying bathymetric survey data for non-UK waters to the General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO), after signing the memorand...

The British Geological Survey (BGS) has released a new fine-scale digital map featuring the seabed geology of offshore Anglesey. The island (in Welsh known as Ynys M&ocir...

Throughout 2022, the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) has been working closely with the Port of London Authority (PLA) and SEAiq Pilot to further the understanding of the S-102 Bathym...

The ship that sent an iceberg warning to the RMS Titanic before the ocean liner sank has been identified in the Irish Sea. Using state-of-the art multibeam sonar, researchers...

Global ocean technology company General Oceans has acquired Tritech International, a world leader in imaging sonars and equipment used in low visibility marine construction and sub...

Family-run subsea acoustics experts Applied Acoustics recently launched a new acoustic positioning offering, which is their first combined Inertial Navigation (INS) and Ultra Short...

When students of the Stockholm University course in Marine Geophysical Mapping Methods collect sediment cores from the bottom of the Baltic Sea, the cores are immediately used in r...

We asked five experts for their views on the trends and developments in bathymetric data, as this is and will continue to be the backbone of hydrographic surveying with echosounder...

The most prominent international effort to chart the world’s entire ocean floor, The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project, has seen a significant increase in ocean dat...

The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) has begun conducting research with robot submarine Boaty McBoatface on end-of-life oil fields off the coast of the Shetland Islands to help m...

The UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) has conducted a seabed mapping data survey in Montserrat to improve the safety of navigation around the island and to help understand, manage...

Hydromea, a Swiss underwater robotics company and Air Control Entech (ACE), a Scotland-based certified remote technology specialist, enter into a service partnership agreement to c...

Registration for SDB Day 2022, the international conference on satellite-derived bathymetry (SDB), is open. This time, SDB Day will be the opening event of Water Days, held from 4&...

Veripos has introduced version 7 of its Quantum software incorporating GNSS Resilience and Integrity Technology (GRIT) firmware from Hexagon’s Autonomy & Positioning divi...

SeaTrac Systems has announced the sale and delivery of one of its SP-48 persistent uncrewed surface vehicles (USVs) to an elite geosciences team at Princeton University. Working wi...

TDI-Brooks continues to drive forward in an emerging market, performing marine site investigations for several of the offshore wind operators on the U.S. east coast since early spr...

Maritime surveying is one of the most difficult and time-consuming steps in offshore wind energy projects. TrueOcean radically shortens the process of processing data into informat...

North Irish Sea Array (NISA) Offshore Wind Farm is undertaking a geophysical survey campaign on the proposed NISA Export Cable Route Area, off the coast of north County Dublin and...

The largest seagrass restoration, education and innovation project in England, LIFE Recreation ReMEDIES, will receive support from environmental sensor manufacturer Valeport for th...

Ireland’s multipurpose marine research vessel RV Tom Crean has entered service equipped with Ultra-Short BaseLine (USBL) underwater positioning technology from ocean science...