Kongsberg Maritime has announced the sale of an ROV HPR 408S system and associated transponders to the Seatronics Group. The system will be used to support the group’s deepwater positioning...

LinkQuest has released the UWM2200 modem. Based on the same core Broadband Acoustic Spread Spectrum technologies with extensive additions of new innovative techniques, the UWM2200 modems doubled the data rate...

Nautronix delivered the first of a new system to its customer GlobalSantaFe for its vessel, Glomar Arctic III. The new Ball Joint Monitoring system integrates data from the Nautronix USBL...

Gardline Shipping Limited (GSL) has purchased QinetiQ’s triple-hull research vessel, RV Triton. GSL currently operates six multi-role survey vessels throughout the world including UK, Europe, West Africa and the Far...

The offshore sea trial using the Alistar 3000 Inspection AUV was designed by BP to evaluate the technology. It will be located in the company’s deepwater King Field (1700msw) in...

Ixsea Oceano has introduced its new GAPS Global Acoustic Positioning System. The launch took place at Oceanology International Americas in New Orleans. GAPS is an all-in-one, compact, portable solution for...

The offshore sea-trial using the Alistar 3000 Inspection AUV was designed by BP to evaluate this technology and will take place at the company’s deepwater King Field (1,700msw) in the...

The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) has purchased two Sonardyne Fusion USBL (Ultra-Short BaseLine) acoustic tracking systems to provide high accuracy subsea positioning for the its two deepwater ROVs;...

Oil and gas fields in the North Sea and elsewhere in the western world developed rapidly during the oil crisis of the seventies, when this commodity quadrupled in price. Now...

The high accuracy and availability of GPS has enabled the offshore survey community to deliver benefits to customers and fuelled demand for a corresponding improvement in subsea acoustic positioning systems....