UK-based Bibby HydroMap is the first survey company to integrate the new bathymetry processing application from QPS, Qimera, into its management system. Bibby HydroMap used the beta and pre-release testing...

Map the Gaps is cultivating and empowering a growing network of professionals, organizations and communities working together to create new ways for interacting with, understanding and protecting the seafloor. It helps...

Richard Snijder graduated as a hydrographic surveyor from the Ocean Technology course (Cat A) at the Maritime Institute Willem Barentsz, where he was highly valued for his services as a...

Manually examining the seafloor for objects such as wrecks requires a great deal of time and labour, both at sea and in the office. As time is a limited and...

The key objective was to make a rapid and accurate determination of the source of the diesel and oil that had appeared on the ocean’s surface. The company carried out hydrographic survey work using a Norbit Winghead i77h multibeam echosounder (MBES) system. An oil slick was seen on the surface of Nootka Sound and staining on rocks of nearby Bligh Island, west of Vancouver Island, Canada, in late 2020. This set in...

The multibeam echosounder (MBES) is used for various purposes, and MBES systems have become the standard instrument for bathymetric determination. However, new developments mean that MBES systems are no longer...

Pascal van Unen completed his Bachelor’s in Ocean Technology (Cat A) at the Maritime Institute Willem Barentsz. His graduation thesis research was conducted at QPS BV. His interest lies in...

Clouds trace out the islands of the Caribbean Sea in this photo taken by an astronaut from the International Space Station. Beyond the solar arrays and the docked Progress resupply vehicle, the multitoned waters of the Caribbean and the Atlantic Ocean frame the Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica and southern Florida. Clouds trace out the islands of the Caribbean Sea in this photo taken by an astronaut from the International Space Station. Beyond the solar arrays and the docked Progress resupply...

Machine learning is currently experiencing a surge of interest. Of course, what first come to mind are self-driving cars, face recognition and internet algorithms. However, while these are great examples...

As with most new vessel charters, A-2-Sea was starting from scratch when mobilizing the Noortruck with its new Applanix POS MV OceanMaster, so careful consideration was required for sensor location....