Almost all (99%) international data is transmitted by around 265 subsea cable systems connecting the world. The total length of subsea cables exceeds 1.6 million kilometres, and they can be...

CSA Ocean Sciences Inc. (CSA) and Okeanus Science & Technology (Okeanus) are working together to stage a full range of specialised survey and monitoring equipment in Houston and Louisiana to deploy...

Modulus Technology, UK, has recently introduced a robust submersible GPS receiver with integrated L1 + L2 antenna to the marine survey market. Named the MiniPod 101G, this lightweight yet rugged...

The first electricity link between the UK and Norway is to interconnect Nordic and British energy markets in a project involving, among others, MacArtney equipment fitted on board a multipurpose...

Lighthouse continues to invest in enhancing the capabilities of its survey fleet, with the recent arrival of the MPV/DP2 'Nautical Geo', Lighthouse's latest multipurpose offshore vessel. 'Nautical Geo' is a 74m-long,...

One of the problems encountered when towing oceanographic instruments is the cable length required to get the equipment to the optimal depth. A typical ratio of cable length to tow...

TDI-Brooks International, Inc. has been selected to perform three site surveys and an environmental baseline project in the Caribbean. TDI-Brooks’ multi-purpose vessel R/V Proteus will conduct the series of site,...

Ocean Infinity has purchased two more autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) from Kongsberg Maritime. This will increase Ocean Infinity’s fleet of HUGIN 6000 AUVs from six to eight vehicles. The AUVs will...

Two Portuguese ships from Vasco da Gama’s second voyage to India that were left behind in the Gulf of Aden to disrupt maritime trade through the Red Sea were wrecked...

Fugro has completed a seabed survey for the Viking Link, one of the longest DC electricity interconnectors that will link the UK and Danish electricity supplies. Awarded in February 2016,...