East Australia Region Commander (CMDR) John Maschke of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and chair of the East Australia Region of the Australasian Hydrographic Society was recently elected to the...

This article is based on the results of a new studyThe AUV Gamechanger Report 2008-2017published by Douglas-Westwood Ltd. This report aims to consider the prospects for this game-changing technology and...

The growing offshore exploration of the 1980s led to a booming need for survey-ships and many vessel-operating companies were founded, sometimes with only one old vessel. Saturation of the market...

In the last half century Hydrography has grown from a Government commitment, solely for the purpose of producing nautical charts and information for safe navigation, into a science indispensable to...

It may look as though Europe, the USA and Canada, followed by Australasia, dominate the hydrographic world scene. But there must also be enormous potential in the area north of...

China has more than 900 lakes, some 5,800 rivers, of which five are very large, an 18,000km-long coastline and more than 6,000 islands in about 3.50 million square kilometres of...

The US$20 billion per annum market served by international offshore, marine and underwater engineering contractors is represented by the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA). Its Offshore Survey Division is the...

Being detached from a vessel increases the range for surveying, making it possible to access deeper and more difficult areas of the sea and oceans. Hydroid LLC develops and manufactures...

A new event bundling conference (Offshore Survey,OS) and exhibition (Ocean Business Forum, OB) has appeared on our industry agenda. Modest in size compared, for example, to OI-London, the inaugural OS-OB...

Although not fitting into the traditional biennial series of well-known HYDRO Conferences and Exhibitions, the year 2003 will nevertheless see a 'Hydro 2003' Hydrographic Conference and Exhibition. This time it...