France-based iXBlue has expanded the functionality of its industry-leading PHINS inertial navigation system (INS). The new DP-PHINS is designed to interface with any third-party acoustic positioning equipment to provide INS-enhanced...

Hemisphere GPS introduces the Vector VS330 and Vector VS131 GPS compass products that provide high performance heading, position, heave, and attitude data. The products are designed for professional marine applications...

At Oceanology International 2012, two Motion Reference Units from Kongsberg Maritime’s position reference specialist division, Kongsberg Seatex, Norway, have been showcased. The MRU 3 is a completely new model within...

At the dawn of the nineteenth century, France, like every other nation, regarded shipwrecks as an inevitable downside of maritime life. There were fewer than 20 lighthouses dotting the French...

Gardline Geosciences, UK, specialists in the offshore geotechnical and geophysical market, and Canyon Offshore, USA/UK, have entered into a 3-year strategic alliance to provide seabed drilling, sampling and in-situ services...

OSIL, UK, has announced the launch of a Vessel Motion Monitoring System (VMMS), a system designed to monitor motion of a vessel in order to increase safety of transfers during...

When the Chinese Jiaolong manned submersible successfully completed its world record-breaking dive to 7,015m (23,015ft) recently, it was A-frame lifting technology from marine handling systems specialist, Caley Ocean Systems, that...

Southampton, in the south of the UK’s Hampshire region, will be buzzing from 9 to 11 April 2013 as hydrographic, oceanographic and offshore professionals gather for an even bigger edition...

Alpine Ocean Seismic Survey, the US subsidiary of UK-based Gardline Group, has expanded its marine data collection offerings with the addition of geotechnical services. Research teams will leverage Gardline Geosciences'...

Hemisphere GPS, Canada, has expanded its multi-year OEM agreement with Navico. Hemisphere GPS is supplying Navico with the industry's smallest (42cm) GPS compass, which will be privately branded Simrad HS70....