Using remote sensing technology, scientists at NOAA have developed a way in which to identify and monitor harmful algal blooms. This monitoring will help detect HABs along the coastal areas...

UK-based OSIL, supplier of marine scientific systems, has appointed Dr Ralph Rayner as a Non-Executive Director. Dr Rayner is Managing Director of Fugro GEOS and holds a number of other...

As of July 2003, the International Headquarters of marine IT specialist, Transas, has moved to Cork, Ireland, a logical consequence of the company’s ongoing expansion into international markets. Today Transas...

HY-1A, China's first marine satellite, has sent back data on ocean colour, water temperatures and coastal zones since it was launched in May last year. Since September last year, the...

The National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP), a collaboration of fifteen federal agencies, has funded the first of two projects provided as a US contribution to the international Global Ocean Data...

The Hydrographic Society, presently devolving into the International Federation of Hydrographic Societies (IHFS), is to hold its 14th biennial international symposium in Galway, Ireland, from 2nd-4th November 2004. The proceedings,...

OEA Technologies Inc. has initiated a study of Canadian Forces requirements and opportunities in the field of maritime Rapid Environmental Assessment (REA). The study, led by Defence Research and Development...

Norcontrol IT has supplied Petroleos Mexicanos Exploration (PEMEX) with a large offshore AIS network. Whilst AIS is generally considered a tool for port and coastal applications, the offshore industry can...

ATLAS Hydrographic, in association with Ferrostaal de Colombia, has been contracted by the Colombian Navy's Hydrographic Service to supply ATLAS HYDROSWEEP MD-2 30kHz 5000m and ATLAS FANSWEEP20 200kHz shallow water...

The Marine Institute in Ireland has ordered two YSI 6600 EDS environmental probes from OSIL. The EDS (extended deployment sonde) was carefully selected for its ability to measure environmental parameters...