ECA is to develop the AUV (Autonomous Underwater Vehicle) ALISTAR 3000 for the ultra-deep operating offshore industry in the context of a programme called ‘HALIODSTAR’. The project is being carried...

Unusual seabed features have been revealed in the Mediterranean just beyond the Rhône mouth by a team from the Southampton Oceanography Centre (SOC). Working with a range of sonar equipment...

Valeport Ltd, UK, has introduced a seabed-mounted tide recorder that makes precise water level measurements where conventional units attached to piers and jetties are not practicable. Applications are in oceanography,...

Ocean Numerics has announced a partnership agreement with CLS (Collecte Localisation Satellites). CLS was established in 1986 as a subsidiary of CNES (the French Space Agency) and IFREMER (the French...

Aanderaa Instruments has delivered eleven RCM 11 current meters to the RAPID-project, an extensive programme started by Southampton Oceanography Centre (SOC). The six-year research programme aims to establish a pre-operational...

The Southampton Oceanography Centre has awarded a contract for 23 AR861B2S Acoustic Releases with TT801 command units, plus options for additional equipment in 2004, to Ixsea Oceano Ltd for the...

The Marine Institute in Ireland has ordered two YSI 6600 EDS environmental probes from OSIL. The EDS (extended deployment sonde) was carefully selected for its ability to measure environmental parameters...

Captain Roger L. Parsons, NOAA, has been named the new Director of the NOAA Office of Coast Survey, an office that also carries the title of US National Hydrographer. He...

Chelsea Technologies Group (CTG) announce they will be delivering a Ferrybox Oceanographic monitoring system to the Polar Research Institue of Marine Fisheries and Oceanography PNIRO, Murmansk, Russia on completion of...

The Unmanned Underwater Vehicle Showcase (UUVS) will take place in the Southampton Oceanography Centre, UK, from 24th - 25th September 2003. It will be a specialist event aimed at users...