Simrad announces the appointment of Echomaster Marine as the UK sales & service company for its range of advanced hydroacoustic systems. Echomaster Marine will provide sales and service of Simrad...

The deepwater research vessel Tangaroa of the National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research (NIWA) of New Zealand undertakes regular research expeditions to the Antarctic waters. In the last eight...

The new Trinity House rapid intervention vessel Alert, which entered service last month, has been equipped with an integrated bridge system supplied by Northrop Grumman Corporation. Alert was built at...

Ensuring that your hydrographic data complies with the latest standards can be difficult, particularly as standards continually change with new advances in technology. Simon Squibb discusses a ‘binning’ technique that...

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...

Over the past thirteen years Douglas-Westwood Limited has produced a series of occasional techno-economic studies of the Ocean Survey industry. This latest, The World Ocean Survey Report 2004-2008 aims to...

WriteGPS has been updated and now features two serial ports for data input. It may be connected simultaneously to a GPS receiver and a second instrument such as an echosounder,...

ATLAS Hydrographic has received an order for the new FANSWEEP 30 COASTAL multi-beam echosounder from the Finnish Maritime Administration in Helsinki. The FANSWEEP 30 COASTAL system will be installed onboard...

Clydeside Survey Ltd has taken delivery of a RESON SeaBat 8125 Multi-beam Echosounder System along with a SVP70 sound velocity probe, for an increased bathymetric and engineering survey work program....

The National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research (NCAOR), Goa, Under the Ministry of Ocean Development, Government of India, successfully launched and completed a special expedition to the new Indian...