On 12 August 2002 IXSEA and OCEANO Technologies successfully completed their merger previously announced in March 2002, revolutionising the landscape of the positioning industry. With 100 staff and over 25...

By Camille Béchaz, ACSA and Fran­­çois Boucquaert, Fugro-Topnav, France Fugro evaluated the accuracy of the GPS Intelligent Buoy (GIB-Lite) system for its possible use in shallow-water offshore underwater positioning applications....

Remaining parts of the famous 16th century ship the Mary Rose have been recovered in Portsmouth Harbour entrance using standard offshore equipment. The use of acoustic navigation enabled both divers...

As the industry searches for hydrocarbons in deeper and deeper water, the difficulties related to this exploration and installation of related equipment are increasing substantially. Subsea installation methods, which were...

Long baseline (LBL) positioning has many applications both commercially and in research, from surveying a ship hull to positioning offshore platforms in deeper waters. The technique consistently provides accuracies in...

Equipment and Technical Services (ETS) Inc. based in Houston, has made a major commitment to supporting its customers' deep water operations with the purchase of Sonardyne Wideband Compatt 5 transponders....

When Oi08 opens at the ExCeL centre in London’s Docklands on 11 March, the exhibition and its accompanying conference will focus on the three important issues that have begun to...

Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) are opening new dimensions to sea floor mapping, providing unprecedented accuracy in deep water as well as the potential to conduct engineering inspections and mapping of...

In many instances, offshore survey work is carried out in connection with the construction of, for example, pipelines. The operational scenario is often a string of events where one task...

Scientists and engineers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and the University of Washington (UW) have successfully completed the first scientific mission with Sentry, a newly developed robot capable...