Effective 2012, Fugro, Netherlands, will be managed in accordance with a board-of-management model. The increased size of the company makes a more collective decision-making process and more delegation of operational...

In April the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO, Monaco) agreed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC). The SPC, as an organisation, assists the States...

The devastating power of the 2004 Boxing Day Sumatran-Andaman earthquake and unusual geological characteristics of the seabed and underlying sediments south of the epicentre contributed to the ensuing tsunami, the...

The next MTS Houston Section luncheon will be held on 22nd September 2011 and will feature a presentation by Tom Taylor of Fugro-Jason entitled 'Finding Better Hydrocarbon Reservoirs via a...

Fugro expects, barring unforeseen circumstances, that the net result after tax for the full year 2011 will be at least EUR260 million. The revenue for the year is expected to...

Two projects investigating the use of robot submarines to map and monitor the seas around the United Kingdom, collecting data that will inform future government policy on the protection of...

The establishment of multi-beam echo sounders (MBES) as a mainstream tool in ocean mapping has revolutionised approaches towards nautical charting, seafloor geotechnical/geological surveys and benthic habitat mapping. The resolution of...

In the South Aegean Sea, the islands of Santorini have been showing signs of movement for the first time in over half a century, with satellite data confirming that they...

Fugro NV (The Netherlands) and CGGVeritas (France) have entered into an agreement under which CGGVeritas will acquire Fugro’s Geoscience division, excluding the multi-client library and Ocean Bottom Nodes business, for...

UTEC, USA, appointed Sean Halpin as Global AUV Manager and US Geophysical Manager. One of his key tasks will be the standardisation of UTEC’s AUV work practices and development of...