Thierry Schmitt earned his PhD in Marine Geology from Cardiff University in 2005. Since then he has been working at CIDCO (Canada), Ifremer and SHOM (France) with the aim of developing...

Aurélie Maspataud earned a PhD in Coastal Morphodynamics in 2011. She worked in French academic positions and geomatics for 3 years. She joined SHOM in 2014 and is in charge...

Laurie Biscara earned her PhD in Marine Geology from Bordeaux University in 2011. She has been working at SHOM since 2012 and has participated extensively in the implementation of the...

The European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet) Phase 3 High Resolution Seabed Mapping Project has been awarded to a consortium headed by the French Hydrographic Office (SHOM) and Maris...

The Belgian dredging, environmental and engineering group DEME is using Septentrio’s AsteRx GNSS receivers to obtain centimetre-level accuracy for all their dredging and marine construction operations worldwide. These receivers are...

DEME, Belgium, has secured contracts for dredging and land reclamation works in India and the Maldives. The total value of these orders represent approximately EUR100 million. In India DEME has...

A recent article provides an overview of satellite-derived bathymetry methods and how data can be integrated into survey campaigns, and showcases three use cases. Bathymetric data in shallow-water zones is...

The World Ocean Council’s Sustainable Ocean Summit (SOS) 2016 featured a rich, robust agenda filled with ocean industry leaders and international experts covering the key ocean sustainable development topics affecting...

Teledyne CARIS has released HIPS and SIPS 10. This release introduces new capabilities for automation, efficiency and usability through the integration of the Process Designer and the simultaneous introduction to...

Twenty 3rd-year students of ocean technology from the Maritime Institute Willem Barentsz (MIWB, The Netherlands) participated in the 4th edition of the Lake Survey. Building on last year’s experience and...