Despite its great practical importance, we still have much to learn about the transport of sand grains in the coastal environment. This mainly due to the complexity of sand transportation...

A novel collaboration between maritime Local Authorities in south-east England is providing important new information on the coastal region to aid future decisions concerning the management of the coast. The...

In 1999, the oil companies BP, Amoco, and Shell jointly published a document detailing the industry requirement for a survey AUV (Autonomous Underwater Vehicle) that stated: "For industry to adopt...

By Camille Béchaz, ACSA and Fran­­çois Boucquaert, Fugro-Topnav, France Fugro evaluated the accuracy of the GPS Intelligent Buoy (GIB-Lite) system for its possible use in shallow-water offshore underwater positioning applications....

iXSurvey have presented Seapoint Long Range Fluorescein Fluorometer sensor. This sensor is designed for subsea pipeline leak detection applications. The Seapoint Long Range SFF works by transmitting blue (2excitation”) light...

News HSB Workshop ‘Hydrography in Deep Water’, the theme of the HSB workshop on 12th December in Delft, attracted five interesting papers and an audience of eighty. The programme aimed...

News The AHS has pleasure in drawing the attention of the worldwide Hydro/MetOceano community to the inaugural ‘Maritime Australia Award’, administered by the ANI/CMP. It is in the form of...

Dredging is essential to maintain navigation in ports and harbours. Much of the material that is removed during dredging is clean enough to be disposed of in open water depots...

Vancouver, the largest city in western Canada, is partly located on the Fraser River Delta. The delta is under pressure from urban development and this has contributed to it being...

The use of real-time flow information is increasing in the marine world. One example is the dredging industry which needs the information for dumping stones at great depths on a...