Fugro (The Netherlands) has reported its performance for its maritime activities in survey, geotechnical and subsea in the third quarter as solid. Seabed Geosolutions continues to lag behind, although seasonal...

The Advisory Board on the Law of the Sea (ABLOS) is an inter-organisational group of experts in geodesy, hydrography, law of the sea and related disciplines. It was formed as...

JW Fishers, USA, has recently added a new low-frequency pinger to its line of acoustic devices. The new model has a significantly longer transmission range (3 to 6 miles compared...

MG3, Iceland, a geoscience survey company operating in both the offshore and coastal environment and providing worldwide marine geophysical, geotechnical and geochemical services, has introduced a new density survey sytem...

CGG (France) has received the main administrative authorisations allowing the company to conclude its acquisition of Fugro Geoscience’s airborne activities. Certain administrative actions are still to be completed, but these...

The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), Suva, Fiji, has announced that work has started on a series of underwater surveys to produce updated navigational charts for Vanuatu. Like many...

During the US shutdown, around half of the more than 5,500 GPS datasets processed with the aid of Geoscience Australia’s AUSPOS global positioning system were from institutions and individuals based...

The recent release of exploration acreage in the Bight Basin, Australia, following those in 2009 and in 2012, was based on pre-competitive work undertaken by Geoscience Australia. A key component...

Senior scientist Dr Viktor Feygels will be at the joint International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS) and 35th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing (CSRS) in Quebec City, Canada, to...

The Canadian and Australian governments have joined forces to develop the Maritime Limits and Boundaries IHO standard (S-121), which is expected to improve and speed up the development of a...