East Australia Region Commander (CMDR) John Maschke of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and chair of the East Australia Region of the Australasian Hydrographic Society was recently elected to the...

In conjunction with Ocean Business 2007, the conference Offshore Survey 2007 is organised. Adam Kerr followed the lectures and reports about them. After the coffee break, the programme turned to...

Although not fitting into the traditional biennial series of well-known HYDRO Conferences and Exhibitions, the year 2003 will nevertheless see a 'Hydro 2003' Hydrographic Conference and Exhibition. This time it...

When Andrews considered a new coastal hydrographic vessel, a smaller RIB best suited their customers’ survey needs, but would it meet the strict requirements for MCA Accreditation? Roy Jarman, Andrews...

SeaRobotics Corporation was formed in 1999 to commercialise technology developed by the US Navy’s Office of Naval Research (ONR). After working with Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) technology and developing numerous...

In recent years an expansion in the telecommunications cable industry led to an increase in the market for cable route landfall surveys incorporating geophysical surveys at sea and topographic surveys...

Port Hercule in the Principality of Monaco has been extended, in 2002, with a floating breakwater and a counter-jetty which have considerably augmented the reception capabilities of it. The vocation...

The use of swathe systems in a highly mobile, shallow-water environment poses significant problems for the hydrographic surveyor. Several physical factors encountered when gathering swathe data are introduced and described...

The recent arrival in Bridgetown of the massive Cunard flagship Queen Mary II has caused a minor parking problem. With a length of 345m and a draft of 9.7m she...

On the list of important conferences in hydrographic surveying are the HYDRO conferences, this year’s contribution to the series to be held in Antwerp. Chair of the organising committee is...