SBG Systems has appointed Swathe Services to be an authorised sales and support distributor for the marine hydrography market in the UK and Ireland. This includes all products within the...

Subsea Technology and Rentals Ltd (STR) has increased its portfolio of rental equipment with the acquisition of EdgeTech’s 6205, a swath bathymetry and dual frequency sidescan sonar system which utilises...

The Indonesian Association of Marine Survey Contractors launched a survey operation in early January 2015 to support the Indonesian National Agency for Search and Rescue. The operation was aimed at...

Kongsberg Maritimes has introduced a new member in its family of Motion Monitoring Units at Ocean Business 2015. The MRU 5+ MK-II is part of a range of MRUs for...

My earlier articles on the alignment of motion reference units (MRU) with the ships reference frame (SRF) did not cover the calibration of GNSS augmented heading systems. Although the alignment...

The Maritime Institute Willem Barentsz (MIWB) in The Netherlands has joined the CARIS Academic Partnering Programme with CARIS HIPS and SIPS and BASE Editor for hydrographic data processing. The programme...

At SUBSEA EXPO (Aberdeen, UK), SBG Systems, France, has unveiled the Ekinox Subsea Series, a product family of survey-grade inertial systems designed for underwater applications up to 6,000m. Based on...

Quality control of survey data is an integral part of any hydrographic survey or inspection operation, but the focus is too often concentrated on the wrong sensors, the carrying out...

Imagenex has released the Model 878 high-resolution sidescan sonar which runs two sonars simultaneously on each side at different sound wavelengths for enhanced image clarity. The new DT100 Sensor Interface...

Parker Maritime, Norway, provided the Seajacks team with navigation services, survey support during installation of the monopiles and transition pieces (TP), and crane monitoring services during monopile up-ending. Parker utilised...