The Slocum glider is buoyancy-driven to enable long-range and duration remote water column observation for academic, military, and commercial applications. It can be deployed and recovered from any size vessel with minimal time on station The Slocum glider is buoyancy driven to enable long range and duration remote water column observation for academic, military, and commercial applications. The Slocum Glider can be deployed and recovered...

RIEGL has announced the launch of two innovative topobathymetric scanners. These advancements mark a shift towards enhanced efficiency and precision in data collection across land and water interfaces. The RIEGL...

Teledyne Webb Research, a leading innovator in oceanographic research, has launched the Slocum Sentinel Glider, poised to make its debut at Oceanology International (Oi) in London in March 2024. The...

A 120-year-old mystery has been solved with the help of a CSIRO team aboard the RV Investigator. Heritage NSW has announced the discovery of the SS Nemesis, a 73-metre iron-hulled...

IIT Madras has established a Centre of Excellence (CoE) dedicated to advancing indigenous maritime technology and expertise. The team of researchers leading this initiative has been actively engaged in notable...

IHO standard S-44 is often used (or misused) to specify the quality of a hydrographic survey. While it is a useful tool, it is easy to misinterpret. One ‘misuse’ is...

A groundbreaking study has unveiled the discovery of an immense coral reef on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, marking the largest deep-sea coral reef ever measured. Spanning approximately 26,000...

The esteemed Finnish Geospatial Research Institute (FGI) is set to utilize advanced Lidar systems developed by the Fraunhofer Institute for Physical Measurement Techniques IPM for future maritime surface surveys. Anticipating...

The crew of Schmidt Ocean Institute’s research vessel Falkor (too) recently discovered four underwater mountains – the tallest of which exceeds 2.4km in height – during a January transit from...

TDI-Brooks has strengthened its fleet with the RV Nautilus, a 75-metre DP2 vessel with enhanced capabilities that was built in 2000. This addition, which features the Geomil Manta-200 CPT system...