Synthetic Aperture Sonar (SAS) makes centimetric-resolution side-scan survey with high coverage rates a now affordable reality. The new generation of commercial systems deliver 5cm by 5cm resolution, maintained to the...

The Western Scheldt is being deepened to give larger ships better access to the port of Antwerp. Over fifty wrecks and other obstacles have been removed from the main channel....

In early 2001, BP Exploration and Production, and Shell International and Production contracted C&C Technologies Inc. to conduct a marine survey for the proposed Okeanos Gas Pipeline route, using their...

In November 1941 the aircraft carrier H.M.S. Ark Royal was returning from Malta, when it was torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat southeast of Gibraltar. Its destruction was a...

The EU Transport Council decision on 26 March marked a major milestone for Galileo. Though a great relief for all actors involved, in essence, this decision only set the beginning...

In spite of modern communications and connections by air, Japan still is for most people from Europe and America, a ‘far away country’. Hydro international is in the fortunate position...

SPINAV is an ongoing Joint Industry Project that is moving cutting-edge autonomous inspection technology from proof-of-concept trials in the test tank (completed November 2004) to an offshore trial using an...

A coalition of environmental groups from New York and New Jersey are using Fishers SeaOtter ROV to gather evidence on the state of the marine environment in the area’s coastal...

Fringed by deep trenches, Japan is a country composed of seismic and volcanic active island arcs, where the huge Pacific Plate and the smaller Philippine Sea Plate converge to the...

Surveying is benefiting from continually evolving new technologies. One is 3D laser scanning, which is often used for measurements in complex industrial installations such as pipeline-rack crossings or entire petrochemical...