IXSEA has presented its new range at EURONAVAL in Paris, Le Bourget from 23 to 27 October 2006. The company has launched, MANTTAS, a mobile, adaptative network designed for torpedo...

Fugro Mexico has placed an order with Subsea Technologies Inc. of Houston, for three Easytrak acoustic tracking systems, built by Applied Acoustic Engineering Ltd. Fugro intends to use the systems...

Marine instrumentation specialist OSIL (Ocean Scientific International Ltd) has just moved to prestigious new offices in Havant, Hampshire. After over ten years at their previous site in Petersfield, Hampshire, the...

The high accuracy and availability of GPS has enabled the offshore survey community to deliver benefits to customers and fuelled demand for a corresponding improvement in subsea acoustic positioning systems....

Alastair MacDonald chaired the Conference. Ed Hill, Director, Corporate Services of the NIO, welcomed the attendees and explained, in very upbeat terms, the function of the Institute. Noting that recently...

OSIL has been appointed sole distributor of the Subsea Electronic Bottle Release System (EBRS), an userfriendly way to collect calibration samples at depths for converting to SPM (mg/l) and turbidity...

OSIL has signed two new contracts with Ocean Technical Services Ltd and Strainstall Ltd for the SonTek Argonaut SL, which was the world’s first side-looking ADCP. Both companies will be...

A future article in Hydro international will describe our recent multi-beam survey of the Dead Sea. This brief overview extols the virtues of renting a complete multi-beam system as opposed...

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...

Drumgrange has won a major defence contract for the support and advancement of sonar systems. The contract will provide dedicated operational support for the next three years and involves installation,...