UK-based subsea installation contractor Bibby Offshore has chosen to invest in two SPRINT subsea inertial navigation systems (INS) from Sonardyne International Ltd to support ROV operations carried out by its...

Teledyne Gavia, Iceland, has completed a contract with the Armament Department of the Polish Ministry of Defence for the delivery of two Gavia Defence AUV systems for mine countermeasures (MCM)....

EvoLogics, Germany, is to announce a series of “mini” underwater acoustic modems, boasting the company’s patented S2C technology in a compact design. The new M-series will be presented at Oceanology...

Teledyne Gavia from Iceland has received an order for two additional 1,000m depth-rated Gavia Offshore Surveyor Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) to UTEC Survey (USA). The UTEC Gavia AUVs are fully...

Fleets of small AUVs are used to survey pipeline routes, rig scour and debris clearance, and for harbour development. While AUV bathymetry can be as good as or better than...

About 45 members of the Hydrographic Society Benelux attended the Hydrography in the Offshore workshop, which was held on Wednesday 18 September 2013 at the headquarters of Fugro in Leidschendam,...

Subsea metrology is the process of acquiring accurate measurements for the connection of subsea structures and pipelines. IMCA’s guidance covers the most commonly used techniques today. These are long baseline...

Zupt, USA, has entered into an agreement with Sagem (Safran) for the development of the subsea hydrographic and oil & gas market for the Sagem BlueNaute product range. This will...

Nautronix has successfully delivered the first two NASDrill RS925 and NASeBOP (Emergency BOP Acoustic Control) systems from its current order of four systems for two of Rowan’s new ultra-deepwater drillships,...

It was a rainy day at Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA. The scenery reminds me of the Twin Peaks atmosphere. I am about to interview Mike Purcell, the man whose search...