The Saildrone (SD) 1079 uncrewed vehicle has just completed a first-of-its-kind mission to remote areas of the equatorial tropical Atlantic. Sailing 11,910 nautical miles (22,057km) and spending 370 d...

Following a recent uptick in orders, Kongsberg Maritime’s Sensor and Robotics division has announced that it has secured over NOK450 million (≈ EUR45 million) in contracts for HUGIN AUV in Q2 2022...

Due to uncertainties regarding the availability of the traditional venue for the Assembly linked with its current use, the IHO Secretariat has looked for alternatives. The Directing Committee has, aft...

Nauticus Robotics, developer of subsea and surface robotic services using autonomy software, has entered into an agreement with Shell to advance to the qualification phase for a more efficient means o...

With the 2022 hurricane season upon us, the importance of using science-backed solutions for hurricane preparedness is brought to the foreground. Since Colombia’s Caribbean islands were devastated b...

Fugro has begun geotechnical site investigations at RWE’s Thor offshore wind farm development. The collected geodata will be used to inform the design, fabrication and installation of the main wind ...

April 2022 marked the beginning of NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson and her crew’s field season and transit up through the St. Lawrence River, Lake Ontario and into Lake Erie. This field season, Thomas Je...

The UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) is inviting UK government organisations involved in seabed mapping who share common interests in optimizing the UK’s national maritime assets to become a member of ...

NOAA Administrator Rick Spinrad has signed a memorandum of understanding in conjunction with the United Nations Ocean Conference that formalizes U.S. participation in Seabed 2030. The memorandum also ...

As part of its mission to contribute proactively to global initiatives in favour of the ocean, the IHO participated in the 55th meeting of the IOC UNESCO Executive Council in Paris on 13–17 June 202...