The mysterious Black Sea has many secrets yet to be discovered. This research presents the results of the biggest UXO survey project performed on the Romanian Black Sea coast after...

Matt Quartley has headed the environmental monitoring instrument company, Valeport, since 2005. With a background in defining and specifying new products for development, he leads the strategic and operational decision-making...

A new, non-invasive method to measure and monitor seagrass biomass on the seabed around England’s south-west coast has been successfully demonstrated this year as part of a collaborative project supported...

Ocean Business 21 was the launch venue for Valeport’s new Bathy2, presented as an “exciting evolution in the collection of bathymetric data.” It was shown for the first time, ahead...

GPASEABOTS, a GPAINNOVA Group company located in Barcelona (Spain) and specializing in marine robotics and solutions for maritime and inland water operations, has recently developed a USV based on the...

XOCEAN has completed 35 cable inspection surveys using a combination of uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) and uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) between the Scottish mainland and Western Isles. There was a...

Ready to invest, in equipment, staff and training, but unsure about future growth at this stage of the Covid-19 pandemic: that seems to be the outcome of our Hydro International...

Ultrabeam Hydrographic, a hydrographic survey company, recently teamed up with Unmanned Survey Solutions (USS) to conduct two subsea gas pipeline inspection surveys in Northern Ireland. Both companies are based in...

iXblue has announced the award of two significant hydrographic charting projects this month. The projects were awarded by the Australian Government Department of Defence and Land Information New Zealand (LINZ)...

Jim Gardiner is a Research Scientist at Valeport Ltd.  He holds an MSc Applied Marine Science and a BSc (Hons) in Ocean Science – both from Plymouth University – and...