XOCEAN has completed 35 cable inspection surveys using a combination of uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) and uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) between the Scottish mainland and Western Isles. There was a...

WASSP has released the latest version of its S3 dedicated hydrographic survey MBES with the roll-out of a new real-time processing module. The S3 is launched as one of the...

Over the past decade, the hydrographic survey community has benefited greatly from portable multibeam echosounders utilizing highly integrated electronics and powerful computational platforms. These sonar systems are smaller than their...

Sriwijaya Air Flight 182 was an Indonesian domestic flight from Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Jakarta to Pontianak, Indonesia. On Saturday 9 January 2021, the Boeing 737 crashed into the waters...

3D at Depth, a leading expert in Subsea Lidar (SL) laser technology, and leading provider of underwater survey services and 3D data solutions, has announced the launch of its offshore...

Fugro has won a contract to capture bathymetric Lidar of Northern Ireland’s coastline as part of a project from the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) to create...

Global Oceans, a New York-based non-profit corporation focused on mobilizing commercial sector resources for ocean science has acquired, through a donation from Oceaneering International, three deep-sea exploration vehicles rated to...

While nautical charting mainly focuses on bathymetry and objects that form a hazard to shipping, offshore construction and dredging require sub-bottom information. There is nothing worse in any project than...

Marc Roche is a geologist and scientific advisor and, since 2005, Head of the Continental Shelf Service (COPCO) in the Belgian Federal Public Service Economy. He is in charge of...

Hydrographic measurements are nowadays usually carried out using multibeam echosounders (MBES). The measurements obtained by each operational hydrographic vessel need to be regularly controlled on a well-known area to validate...