A science expedition recently explored the remains of the only World War II German U-boat, U-166, sunk in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. The U-166 was discovered in 5,000 feet...

The new world water depth drilling record set by Transocean drillship Discoverer Deep Seas was accomplished using a Sonardyne dual redundant subsea acoustic positioning system. The record was set last...

Equipment hire companies SES Inc. and Hydroquip have placed a major order with Sonardyne International for its latest generation LBL and USBL compatible transponder ‘Compatt 5’. The order for twenty...

Leading equipment rental company, Ashtead Technology Ltd of Aberdeen, has placed an order worth £ 1.5 million (US$ 2.6 million) with Sonardyne International Ltd for the supply of Fusion wideband...

Kongsberg Maritime has announced the sale of an ROV HPR 408S system and associated transponders to the Seatronics Group. The system will be used to support the group’s deepwater positioning...

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...

Survey, geotechnics and Remotely Operated underwater Vehicle (ROV) operations are all individually very interesting subjects as far as their exponents are concerned. But this combination, with the added dimension of...

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...

Alastair MacDonald chaired the Conference. Ed Hill, Director, Corporate Services of the NIO, welcomed the attendees and explained, in very upbeat terms, the function of the Institute. Noting that recently...

What started out as a small niche company specialising in hydrographic multi-beam surveys has really taken flight since 1992. C&C Technologies has been led in many other directions than multi-beam...