South West Water Ltd, through its contractors M. J. Gleesons, and designers Jacobs Babtie, are extending existent, long, sea outfall at Woolacombe in Devon, UK. A ground investigation required for...

Site investigation surveys involving hydrographic or geotechnical data acquisition often generate high volumes of data and require handling through specialist software packages. The combination of volume of data and variety...

NOAA operates a real-time monitoring system for water levels, currents, salinity and windspeed/-direction in various ports of the USA. The system (PORTS), although focused on enhancing safe navigation and efficient...

SeaRobotics Corporation was formed in 1999 to commercialise technology developed by the US Navy’s Office of Naval Research (ONR). After working with Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) technology and developing numerous...

This article covers the recovery operations that took place after the accident on 3 January 2004 off Sharm el-Sheikh that involved a Boeing 737-300 operated by Flash Airlines from Sharm...

There were three major overlapping phases in Mike Eaton’s career: Arctic developments in the Canadian Hydrographic Service, positioning systems development while at the Bedford Institute and electronic chart development after...

The French Hydrographic Office (SHOM) uses remotely sensed visible imagery for the cartography of atolls and reefs. It is considered as an efficient and relatively inexpensive method to collect information...

The May 2002 edition of Hydro international included two articles on small 7-10m outboard motor-driven inflatable and GRP road- towable planning boats adapted for near shore, sheltered water or estuarial...

The Hydrographic Institute of Portugal (HIP) has been executing hydrographic surveys at the port of Sines since 1973 as part of successive contracts signed with the Port of Sines Authority....

The Netherlands is bordered in the north and west by the North Sea. Twenty-six percent of the country’s landmass lies below sea level. Global warming will bring slow rises in...