Saildrone recently announced that it has received the world’s first marine classification for a commercial uncrewed surface vehicle (USV) – the Saildrone Voyager – from the American Bureau of Shipping...

Seagrass meadows play an invaluable role as critical ecosystems that contribute significantly to marine biodiversity, carbon sequestration and coastal protection. In recent years, the importance of these underwater habitats has...

A new survey vessel named Garda, equipped with a multibeam echosounder, has been acquired as part of the FAIRway Danube project. Through the project, a new dedicated survey crew has...

ABPmer has made available for viewing a new national dataset of marine vessel traffic for the UK. The data layers display AIS vessel transit lines from the Maritime and Coastguard...

The acquisition of the offshore survey vessel Geo Ocean VI marks the next step in the expansion of the offshore survey capacities of GEOxyz, the Belgium-based geodata specialist. With a...

There are currently 13,764 Marine Protection Areas (MPAs) jointly covering over 2% of the oceans. One such MPA is Malaysia’s newly formed Tun Mustapha Park comprising 1 million hectares of...

iXblue has christened its new survey vessel 'FeliX', a 25m catamaran developed for hydrographic, biological and oceanographic surveys. Her composite construction houses innovative techniques, responding to scientific and economical requirements. FeliX...

All American Marine (AAM), together with Geodynamics, an NV5 company, has announced the delivery of an advanced research and hydrographic survey vessel intended for servicing the growing offshore wind market...

Fugro Quest, a vessel equipped with advanced deep-water technology, is the newest addition to Fugro’s geotechnical vessel fleet. Fugro uses this type of vessel to determine the exact composition of...

Woolpert has acquired eTrac, a vessel-based hydrographic survey and marine technology firm that conducts custom and integrated marine services for projects across the U.S. and its territories. These marine services...