The Easytrak Portable USBL system has, since its launch in 2004, continued to evolve, operating in many applications, and remaining true to its origins. Oceanteam 2000 Ltd (ot2k) selected the...

Sonardyne International has launched a new marine Attitude Heading and Reference System (AHRS): Lodestar. Lodestar has been developed to overcome the problems associated with conventional sensor platforms. The Lodestar AHRS...

The Royal Navy of Denmark has ordered two Applied Acoustics’ Easytrak USBL underwater tracking systems for two different applications. The first for use in mine clearance operations in coastal waters...

In early December 2003 the Hydrographic Society of South Africa held a four-day Technical Awareness Seminar (TAS) hosted by the Institute for Maritime Technology (IMT) in Simon’s Town, South Africa....

News Corporate Workshop 8th September 2004 Simrad BV, on behalf of the Hydrographic Society, gave a corporate workshop on 8th September 2004 entitled ‘Shallow Water Survey’. Almost eighty people attended...

iXSea launched a dedicated subsea Inertial Navigation System (INS), PHINS 6000. PHINS 6000 is a subsea application for iXSea’s standard setting PHINS. It can provide subsea vessels with position (X,...

A contract for the supply of underwater tracking systems used by the Royal Navy in mine clearance operations has been awarded to Applied Acoustic Engineering (AAE) of Great Yarmouth after...

Spool and jumper metrologies constitute a critical path in the subsea pipe installation process. They can often occupy large construction vessels ‘just’ for survey operations that may last more than...

Ixsea completed the renovation of the SV John Lethbridge on behalf of Comex Deep Sea Salvage. The refit was undertaken by H2X shipyard in cooperation with Ixsea and Comex. The...

There are fewer large projects on the drawing board for the present or very near future than the surveying industry would wish. But try to see it positively, in line...