NaAVIC is a free and downloadable electronic voyage application that goes beyond the traditional Electronic Chart System (ECS) app whereby the data, including the ENC information, does not physically reside...

In the UK, the new Rapid Innovation Grant scheme is now available through Marine-i and is attracting considerable interest from innovative marine technology businesses in Cornwall and the Isles of...

Unmanned surface vessel (USV) technology brought hot discussion at the 4th edition of the China-Israel Innovation & Investment Summit, which was held in Zhuhai, China, between 2-4 July 2018. Yunfei...

Marine-i, the EU-funded programme set up to boost the marine technology sector in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, has made a grant award to a pioneering hydrographic survey company,...

Fugro is set to commence a site characterisation programme at the Hollandse Kust (Noord) Wind Farm zone. Carried out under a further contract for the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO, part...

Ocean Infinity’s seabed mapping campaign commenced in the summer of 2017. The Ocean Infinity team is made up of individuals from multiple disciplines, who have gained vast experience with deep-sea...

Technology group Wärtsilä is in the process of acquiring Transas, a global company headquartered in the UK. The move will speed Wärtsilä along its path towards its Smart Marine Ecosystem vision....

Marine-i, the EU-funded programme set up to boost the marine technology sector in Cornwall, UK, has made its first grant award to Cornish marine-tech company Triskel Marine. Employing eight people,...

The Israeli Navy Hydrographic Branch (INHB) is transforming itself into a 21st-century organization. Moving away from traditional methods of generating hydrographic products, INHB has adopted geographic information system (GIS) technology....

Andrew Hodgson is stepping down as CEO of Tyneside-based subsea engineering specialist Soil Machine Dynamics Ltd. (SMD) in the UK to be succeeded by his deputy Mike Jones as of 23...