As more and more oceanographic buoys are being deployed around the world, incidents of ships striking these buoys are also increasing. At times, the impact of the strike can be...

In the last decade, there has been a steady march towards the automation of hydrographic data collection. Jim Gardiner, a research scientist at Valeport, views the technical and commercial challenges in hydrographic operations. In the last decade, there has been a steady march towards the automation of hydrographic data collection. Jim Gardiner, a research scientist at Valeport, views the technical and commercial challenges...

Metocean Services International is nearing completion of a project with the deep and long moorings. Since the company was founded in 2003, MSI has conducted hundreds of mooring deployments in 55...

Teledyne Gavia announced that it has completed the sale and recent Sea Acceptance Testing of a Gavia AUV to the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) in Oostende, Belgium. The VLIZ Gavia...

NaviSuite Mobula, recently launched by Danish engineering company EIVA, is a new software product which offers advanced steering capabilities to ROV owners. The performance of the entry-level ROVs makes them...

CHC Navigation (CHCNAV) releases the P2 GNSS Sensor Series providing high accuracy positioning and heading solution in a compact and rugged enclosure. The P2 GNSS Sensor series is the GNSS...

Esri has announced that Argentina's coast guard, Prefectura Naval, and Aeroterra S.A. have partnered to implement Esri's ArcGIS platform for a real-time tracking system. The new system, called Guardacostas Pro,...

A surging interest in remote sensing and analytics has seen technology developments linked to these domains take off over the past couple of years. Airborne Lidar bathymetry (ALB) is no...

Since the last autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) review in 2016, the market has continued to grow. The biggest market for AUV systems remains the military. The world’s most advanced Navies...

The Kilauea volcano eruption on Hawaii’s Big Island has captivated the world. The images broadcast each day convey the power of the molten lava flowing from the Kilauea volcano to...