International Communications and Navigation Ltd (ICAN) is a product development and systems integration company incorporated in 1996. The company has its headquarters in St John’s, Canada with offices in Quebec...

The acoustic reflection coefficient of the seabed can be measured from the wind-generated noise of the ocean using a vertical line array of hydrophones suspended in mid-water. Results of experiments...

The International SeaKeepers Society reports a surge of orders and reservations for its SeaKeeper 1000 ferrybox. The SeaKeeper 1000 is a robust system which includes a meteorological station, multiple modular...

Sonardyne International has launched a new marine Attitude Heading and Reference System (AHRS): Lodestar. Lodestar has been developed to overcome the problems associated with conventional sensor platforms. The Lodestar AHRS...

iXSea announced the success of Kobe Steel Ltd.’s (Kobelco) bomb disposal mission in South Japan where they used 10 sets of OCEANO 500, iXSea’s underwater acoustic releases. Chemical bombs were...

Hippo Marine Limited launched their new range of sub-surface buoyancy solutions at OI 2006. Applications include ROV / AUV buoyancy modules, umbilical floats, sub-surface mooring buoys and pipelaying modules. Orders...

Fugro GEOS has implemented new technology on 'Stella', the Bonga SPM (Single Point Mooring) Buoy - the largest in the world. The project, offshore Nigeria, has recently seen the installation...

Two famous scientists, Charles Darwin (1809-82) and John Murray (1841-1914) differed greatly as to how tropical atolls had assumed their unique structure: a shallow lagoon surrounded by a narrow strip...

At my interview for a job at Canadian Hydrographic Service, I had to answer all the usual sort of questions posed to me by two very formidable men. Finally, the...

Co-operation between the Australian Hydrographic Service (AHS) and the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has resulted in a new, shorter and safer shipping route in the Great Barrier Reef (GBR),...