Recruitment and retention issues due to effects of the boom and bust of the hydrocarbon industry are still rocking the profession. The author suggests that the dawn of carbon-neutral energy...

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...

The theme of this issue, environment, is a good example of how many aspects of environment and hydrography are related and how aspects of hydrography are interrelated. We all know...

This is a brief introduction to UK offshore marine environmental survey legislation and guidelines, written from a fairly narrow perspective: that of a contractor providing such survey services to the...

Oil and gas fields in the North Sea and elsewhere in the western world developed rapidly during the oil crisis of the seventies, when this commodity quadrupled in price. Now...

TSMarine (Contracting) will use DeepOcean's Normand Flower, two work ROV systems and personnel. Contract duration is for a 12 months fixed term starting January 2008 with a further two, 6...

Kongsberg Maritime Ltd, headquartered in Aberdeen, Scotland, is the UK arm of the International Kongsberg Group of companies. It has 120 staff, operating from three modern facilities in the UK....

Dams generate 20% of the world's electricity. They also provide flood control, supply water to cities and can assist river navigation. Many dams are multipurpose, providing two or more of...

After World War II, ship owners pressured the New Zealand Government to resume charting of coastal waters by the Royal Navy. Ships were now larger and most charts were a...

In March 2007, a presentation was given at the Offshore Survey Conference 2007. The title of the presentation was ‘Recruiting, Training & Retaining of Personnel in the Offshore Survey Sector...