In additiion to its ongoing standard Hydrographic and Geophysical courses, Skilltrade has significantly expanded its training capabilities with a number of courses geared at Hydrography and Marine Survey. Provision has...

The Marine Geospatial Data Industry seminar held at the UKHO at beginning of July attracted representatives from government departments and agencies, academia and from the commercial sector. The purpose of...

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...

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...

Metocean Services International, a new company for the global provision of metocean services, was launched at the beginning of September It was formed in response to the industry requirement for...

ORE has introduced its new 8242XS Heavy Load Release designed for use in a variety of underwater applications, including construction and deployment of devices such as cables, where sub-sea acoustically...

Gardline Surveys, an Offshore Survey company based in Great Yarmouth, UK, has undergone a major organisational change, developing new subsidiaries to focus on particular market sectors. Organic growth over the...

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...

ESRI has introduced its new Production Line Tool Set (PLTS) Nautical Charting Solution, which includes data loading, single-click editing, extraction and quality control production tools, as well as a product-specific...

SonTek/YSI, Inc. has announce the release of two software packages. First, brand new Windows based software has been developed for the real-time capture, visualization and export of data from one...