Fugro has been awarded a marine site characterization contract by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) for the Sørlige Nordsjø II offshore wind farm. This will include mapping the seafloor and...

The Danish government is building an energy island in the North Sea, 80 kilometres off the coast, with the aim of accelerating the energy transition. The ambition is that the...

As the rapid expansion of the offshore wind industry continues worldwide, one of the challenges facing developers at each phase of an offshore wind farm’s 40-year lifespan is the ongoing...

Make Underwater Exploration Easier  Focus on acoustic sounding technology, Hydro-Tech had developed different products widely applied in underwater exploration industry. Nowadays Hydro-Tech owns completely independent and controllable core technologies in...

Maritime Robotics recently launched a new multipurpose unmanned surface vehicle (USV) platform, the Mariner X, with a configurable design and built for high-quality data acquisition at sea. The platform wields...

A new study has documented the first simultaneous observations of waves and currents in Norway’s Lofoten Maelstrom – one of the world’s strongest open ocean tidal current systems. The observations,...

A prototype of the AZFP6-ice was deployed in the coastal waters approximately 40km east of the town of Nain, Labrador (Canada), an area used for Indigenous traditional hunting and fishing....

Kongsberg Maritime used Oceanology International 2022 in London as the occasion to launch the HUGIN Edge AUV. The latest addition to Kongsberg Maritime’s HUGIN family builds on the capabilities of...

To carry out their job well, hydrographic professionals need the right survey instruments. The availability of a multitude of geophysical data acquisition systems – such as multibeam echosounders, sidescan sonar and sub-bottom profilers – opens up many possibilities for using different survey configurations. In this issue of Hydro International, we shed light on recent trends in the market solutions available. To carry out their job well, hydrographic professionals need the right survey instruments and software solutions. The availability of a multitude of geophysical data acquisition systems – such as multibeam...

Artificial intelligence (AI) first came to light in the 1950s, when the ability of a machine to undertake an operation and adapt to changing conditions without human input was skirting...