Hydrography, as the science committed to safety of navigation, was centralised in our country 125 years ago by means of the creation of the SERVICIO DE HIDROGRAFêA NAVAL (SHN); its...

The Maritime Safety Administration of the People’s Republic of China (CHINA MSA) exercises the administration of shipping safety, prevention of pollution from ships, inspection and survey of ships and offshore...

The Central Commission for Navigation on the Rhine (CCNR) organised a workshop on Inland ECDIS in Strasbourg (France) on 14 May 2002. The workshop was about the present status of...

The Kingdom of Bahrain Hydrographic Office (BHO) is part of the survey division of Bahrain Survey and Land Registration Bureau. It was founded in 1978 for the purpose of charting...

The Republic of Malta is an Archipelago, which for centuries has served as a crossroads between Europe and Africa in the central sea, which connects the eastern and the western...

Kongsberg Maritime AS (KM) and Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS (KDA) signed a contract for the new Finnish Navy (FN) Mine Hunting Vessel programme. The contract has a value of...

The World Deepwater Market Forecast, published by energy analysts Douglas-Westwood, forecasts continued growth in the deepwater sector with annual expenditures reaching over USD24.6 billion by 2012. In this article, the...

ATLAS Hydrographic has received an order for the new FANSWEEP 30 COASTAL multi-beam echosounder from the Finnish Maritime Administration in Helsinki. The FANSWEEP 30 COASTAL system will be installed onboard...

Gerhard Mercator, Flemish geographer of German extraction, during his long life (1512-1594) became the greatest cartographer of the Renaissance. The projection upon which he based his World Map of 1569...

CARIS has appointed Mark Matthews as Senior Business Developer to focus on fostering business opportunities for the company's complete Ping to Chart product line across Asia Pacific. Prior to joining...