In June 2014, the Bureau of Economic Geology, a research unit at the University of Texas at Austin, was contracted to conduct an airborne bathymetric Lidar survey on the Alaskan...

A new Kongsberg EM2040D has been installed on MMT’s long-term charted multipurpose support vessel Stril Explorer. The device has a 0.4 x 0.7 degree dual-head multibeam system and it combines...

JASCO Applied Sciences has commenced an AMAR product demonstration and data gathering mission on the Venus Ocean Observatory. Two of JASCO’s AMARs have been deployed at two different locations on...

Unique System FZE (UAE), a division of Unique Maritime Group (UMG), has recently supported a hydrographic project that included the installation of Kongsberg’s EM 2040 multibeam echosounder units for Bayanat...

My earlier articles on the alignment of motion reference units (MRU) with the ships reference frame (SRF) did not cover the calibration of GNSS augmented heading systems. Although the alignment...

For operations in complex underwater environments, bio-inspired robots offer manoeuvrability, stealth and autonomy. They integrate propulsion and control systems into one multi-purpose undulatory propeller. By generating large counteracting forces, undulating...

At the beginning of the 2013 pipeline inspection season, client requirements led to Fugro Survey Limited needing to move fast to acquire a new remotely operated towed vehicle (ROTV). MacArtney...

OSIL, UK, has announced the launch of a Vessel Motion Monitoring System (VMMS), a system designed to monitor motion of a vessel in order to increase safety of transfers during...

High-resolution multi-beam echo sounder (MBES) surveys should not be conducted where the uncertainty of the horizontal positioning system is larger than the nadir footprint of the MBES at the mean...

Germanischer Lloyd (GL) Renewables Certification (GL RC, Germany) is to certify Kawasaki Heavy Industries' (KHI) tidal energy converter prototype. The certification will be carried out according to GL RC's Guideline...