In 1953 there appeared, amid a welter of underwater explosions, around the northern end of Das Island in the Persian Gulf a converted WWII surplus LCI(L) looking like some form...

Coastal managers aim for sustainable development of coastal systems, including protection of the hinterland against flooding, swimmer safety, beach recreation and nature conservation. The design and evaluation of coastal-policy measures...

Commander Jenny Daetz is one of the commanding officers on Australia’s two ocean-going Leeuwin-class surveying ships, the largest surveying ships in the Royal Australian Navy. As commanding officer of HS-RED...

Privatisation as an answer to the financial challenges of survival has become a trend among public organisations, and hydrography is no exception. Private enterprise, worried about ‘unfair competition’, often looks...

Aquaterra 2007 was an unqualified success. The three-day event in the Amsterdam RAI, held between 7th and 9th February, was visited 953 times by international conference delegates, speakers, expo visitors...

Oceans '07 calls to submit abstracts of technical, scientific and academic papers. Deadline for submission is 15 December 2006. The theme for the conference is 'Marine Challenges: Coastline to Deep...

Fugro will acquire the vessel KV Tromsø from Kystvaktskipet Tromsø of Norway. This vessel will be converted initially for acoustic pipeline inspection survey operations and will be ready for deployment...

This article summarises the surveying activities of a private offshore diamond mining company in Southern Africa, De Beers, who pioneered underwater diamond exploration and liberation in Namibia and South Africa....

Despite its great practical importance, we still have much to learn about the transport of sand grains in the coastal environment. This mainly due to the complexity of sand transportation...

A precise navigation system that has been fully operational only since 1995, yet has had such an impact on hydrography… it looks as if the future of these systems will...