Claudios Ptolemaios (to use the Greek version of his name), the greatest geographer of ancient times and the father of our geography, was a scholar who lived in Alexandria, Egypt....

The EU Transport Council decision on 26 March marked a major milestone for Galileo. Though a great relief for all actors involved, in essence, this decision only set the beginning...

AHS Education Award 2006 The AHS president and Education Award Board are delighted to advise that there were sixteen applicants for the 2006 award. These included research proposals from New...

Since the 1940s the use of an electrical spark to produce an underwater acoustic pulse has become an industry standard in the retrieval of sub-bottom profile data. Although conceptually simple,...

The Student Autonomous Underwater Challenge – Europe (SAUC-E) is an annual event providing an opportunity for student-led teams to design and build a small autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) to compete...

Kongsberg Maritime Ltd, headquartered in Aberdeen, Scotland, is the UK arm of the International Kongsberg Group of companies. It has 120 staff, operating from three modern facilities in the UK....

Nova Scotia is one step closer to building North America's first in-stream tidal technology centre to host some of the world's leading devices to harness energy from the world's highest...

Brooke Ocean Technology Ltd. (BOT) announces the opening of its US subsidiary – BOT USA Inc. This company will initially focus on the completion of ongoing US Navy Small Business...

With 43 years in business, Benthos, Inc. is one of the oldest oceanographic equipment manufacturers in the world. Today, the company is in the process of re-inventing itself as a...

An electronic chart system, whether an Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS) or an Electronic Chart System (ECS), is primarily designed for safe navigation. But its ability to display...