IXSEA has signed a contract with the Belgian Navy to provide an integrated survey solution for their mine warfare data center (MWDC). The purpose of the MWDC is to collect...

Innovation4C has presented Wavemapper, a heave sensor designed for single beam echosounders based on technology pioneered in space. Two years of development resulted in this sensor with space based algorithms....

Transas has signed a contract with Admiralty Shipyards (Russia) to supply the full scope of radionavigational equipment to two arctic tankers of 70000 DWT each. Both vessels are owned by...

Sam Electronics has introduced SAM 4620, a compact type-approved IMO-compliant navigation echosounder. It can be used in single or dual-channel mode in depths between 5 and 1,000m. Depth displays can...

RESON launches a multibeam sonar systems with dual frequency for remotely operated vehicles (ROV) down to depths of 6000 metres. With the release of the updated SeaBat 7125 dual-frequency multibeam...

After working for eighteen years with the trailer department of a dredging company, Stef Mars started his own hydrographic survey company in 1985. Working on board of hopper trailer suction...

After completing an MSc. and course work for a PhD in Physics, he worked for the Federal Government’s Environment department as a Marine Geophysicist until 1981. In 1980 he founded...

The Port Authorities in China want to adopt as standard in ports and harbours the navigable water depth; many ports in China have a problem with silt, liquid mud, deposited...

In common with all sciences, hydrography too is undergoing rapid change with regard to data acquisition and processing, instrumentation, application and many other aspects. Differing ideas may be found within...

A historic perspective of nautical charts production in Chile over recent years is given here. The experience of the Chilean Navy’s Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service may serve other Offices encountering...