AXYS Technologies' Port Sentinel weather monitoring solution has been installed at Squamish Terminals in Squamish, Canada. This weather data is then transmitted via Automatic Identification System (AIS) radio telemetry to...

Measurement of water motion permits us to predict transport of sediment, estimate drift of contaminates, understand mixing and transport processes and to report wave conditions. While these are only a...

Researchers at the Heron Island Research Station in Australia are using a Nortek velocimeter to determine how much hydrodynamic energy it takes to move “coral rubble”, the skeletons of corals...

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...

The Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2023 (OEEC 2023) has concluded its two-day extravaganza, leaving an indelible mark on the offshore energy industry. Against a backdrop of innovation and collaboration,...

Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (ADCPs) are sonar systems that measure water current velocities. The Doppler effect allows the sensors to measure the velocities over a range of depths, making them...

The rapid growth of interest in tidal energy has highlighted the role of current profilers, able to measure the speed and direction of currents with increased accuracy in some of...

USA-based Woods Hole Group has announced that it was awarded a contract to design and install a current profiling system for a subsidiary of Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. The...

Metocean Services International (MSI, Australia) has recently completed a deepwater current measurement programme offshore Namibia for Repsol Exploration (Namibia) (Pty) Ltd (Repsol), with 100% data return. Repsol as operator of...

Eye4Software’s hydrographic survey package, Hydromagic version 5.1, has been released. The software maps the bottom of a river, pond or ocean in 3D by using a (D)GPS or RTK positioning...