The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has agreed to continue using the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) document covering the Guidelines for Training and Experience of Key DP Personnel as the...

Sonardyne, based in Houston, USA, has supplied acoustically aided inertial navigation technology to offshore engineering, procurement, construction and installation company McDermott International for its Lay Vessel 108 (LV 108). The...

It’s often a cliché to say that everything offshore has changed since the introduction of GPS, but there have certainly been many changes since back then in the 1980s. The other...

Students and researchers from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) were given the opportunity to test their own dynamic positioning (DP) algorithms in a full-scale setting last week....

Subsea Technology & Rentals Ltd (STR, UK) has announced an agreement with Guidance Marine to supply its range of position reference sensors for dynamic positioning (DP). Guidance Marine is a...

Ocean science technology company Sonardyne Asia Pte. Ltd., Singapore, has announced that its Ranger 2 underwater acoustic positioning technology has been selected for six new Chinese scientific research vessels. The...

On behalf of its client Boskalis, Dutch subsea technology company Seatools has completed the upgrade of a HighWire survey grade taut wire system. The upgraded position reference system will be...

Underwater acoustic positioning technology from Sonardyne Asia Pte. Ltd., Singapore, has been selected for China’s new polar research vessel currently under construction. Commissioned by the Polar Research Institute of China,...

Brazil’s most advanced ROV support vessel (RSV), the 'Fugro Aquarius', is using specified acoustic positioning technology supplied by Sonardyne Brasil Ltda. to support its subsea inspection, repair and maintenance activities in the...

This article presents the development, production and testing of wireless underwater acoustic video communications, which is unique in the world today. It also discusses the implementation of this technique on...