The global effort inspiring the complete mapping of the world’s ocean floor – The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project – has announced its newest partnership with Norbit Oceans, a leading...

Shipwrecks are an integral part of our underwater landscape. According to UNESCO, there are three million wrecks worldwide, and these create various marine spatial planning challenges. To address these challenges,...

Alaska’s history of devastating landslides and tsunamis creates challenges in assessing communities’ risk without water depth data at the base of unstable slopes. To address this, the US Geological Survey...

As the world’s reliance on offshore energy sources grows, the use of unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) emerges as a promising solution for safeguarding vulnerable offshore platforms. This article explores the...

Hydro International interviewed RDML Benjamin Evans, director of NOAA’s Office of Coast Survey. Evans is responsible for overseeing the mapping and charting of all US coastal waters, as well as...

An estimated 95% of the oceans remains unexplored today, implying a huge market opportunity for innovative marine survey solutions. While the boom in offshore renewables projects will certainly continue, the...

All American Marine (AAM), together with Geodynamics, an NV5 company, has announced the delivery of an advanced research and hydrographic survey vessel intended for servicing the growing offshore wind market...

Unique Group, global innovators in subsea technologies and engineering, has entered into a partnership with Seafloor Systems to acquire an EchoBoat-160 USV, with a fully integrated multibeam echosounder (SeaRAY) and...

The hydrographic institute of the Spanish Navy, Instituto Hidrográfico de la Marina (IHM), has received three unmanned autonomous vehicles (USVs) from Norwegian company Maritime Robotics. Equipped with advanced sensor technology,...

The implementation of the new IHO hydrographic geospatial standard for marine data and information, the S-100 product family, presents significant challenges that require coordination between the IHO, the industry involved...