DroneQ Robotics has been awarded the Autonomous Port Inspection tender by Groningen Seaports. The Dutch company will join forces with international partners Maritime Robotics, OWIC, Marine Technical Limits, Spectro AG...

The life of a hydrographic planner used to be easy: you had a survey vessel from which (at least in nautical cartography) you deployed a number of survey boats (often...

A team of researchers from the University of New Hampshire recently made a groundbreaking discovery in Lake Huron. They were part of a world-renowned team that found an intact shipwreck...

This year saw the first Exail Maritime Users Conference. Exail, you say, who are they? Exail is a new company that was formed by the merger between ECA and iXblue....

Rough conditions at sea can result in lost cargo, man overboard or even the sinking of vessels. The Netherlands Coastguard, supported by the Royal Netherlands Sea Rescue Institution (KNRM), the...

Subsea Europe Services has opened a new R&D centre at its premises in the Ocean Technology Campus Rostock. The new department is led by Frank Niemeyer and has been established...

The state of the art in autonomous surface vehicles has evolved tremendously, and these technologies will revolutionize the field of hydrography. However, our experience shows that developing these systems to...

Climate change is having a significant impact on the hydrographic industry, and many organizations are taking steps to reduce emissions and minimize their environmental footprints. Such steps include using more...

Every year, Hydro International surveys the state of the hydrographic industry to gain a comprehensive understanding of the sector and the challenges it faces. The survey includes a series of...

Since the 1970s, remote sensing has increasingly been used to conduct underwater surveys. Several methodologies are employed in hydrographic surveying, from direct techniques such as probing rods to more sophisticated...