In our profession, object detection takes the form of hydrographic surveys that are carried out to detect wrecks, anchors, pipelines and ammunition. The latter is better known as UXO surveys,...

Canada-headquartered Geosoft has introduced UXO Marine, a software solution for the detection and classification of cables, pipelines and unexploded ordnance in underwater environments using geophysics. UXO Marine combines magnetic data...

Fugro Engineering Services, FES, has appointed Steve Poulter to head their UXO Clearance Department in Wallingford to investigate UXO around ports, shipping channels and on land. Prior to joining FES,...

Aspect Land & Hydrographic Surveys Ltd is one of the leading independent coastal survey companies in the UK, with extensive experience and a proven track record in providing high-resolution hydrographic,...

Bibby HydroMap was commissioned by ScottishPower Renewables to undertake a geophysical and UXO survey across a UK site to ensure items which could pose a risk to construction operations were identified....

UK and Netherlands-based subsea provider N-Sea is part-way through a multi-million-pound unexploded ordnance (UXO) clearance campaign for ScottishPower Renewables. The contract for unexploded ordnance (UXO) clearance works commenced in December...

Subsea IMR provider N-Sea has announced the launch of Magsense, a vertical gradiometer array specifically designed for highly accurate unexploded ordnance (UXO) campaigns. Developed in-house by N-Sea, the system has...

At its academy in Naples, INSTALL (Italy) hosted a complete 4-day course on the Oasis Montaj software, in which all the aspects of the processing of data acquired from a magnetometer, mainly...

The Royal Netherlands Navy mine hunter HNLMS Makkum has cleared an unmapped ‘Blockbuster’ from World War II. It was found by fishermen at Dogger Bank, about 200 miles offshore the...

With the increase of offshore marine projects over the decades, demand for a cost-effective and efficient risk-based approach for the mitigation of UXO (Unexploded Ordnance) has become a priority for...