Kongsberg will supply Germany’s forthcoming 125-metre ocean research vessel, Meteor IV, with a range of highly advanced scientific sensors and handling equipment. Scheduled for launch in 2026, Meteor IV is...

With hundreds of new offshore wind projects in development around the world and annual growth of almost 30%, offshore wind is a rapidly maturing renewable energy technology that offers great potential. Bolstered by national policies and decreasing technological costs, the global offshore wind market is set to expand strongly in the coming decades, whether in Europe, Asia or the US, and is forecast to “increase 15-fold to 2040, becoming a $1 trillion industry over the next two decades. With hundreds of new offshore wind projects in development around the world and annual growth of almost 30%, offshore wind is a rapidly maturing renewable energy technology that offers great...

Andrijana Horvat is R&D lead geophysicist and GIS specialist at Hidrocibalae, with a Master’s in Geography from the University of Zagreb. Her professional interests include hydrography, GIS, Python programming and cartography,...

DWTEK, the Taiwanese underwater tech developer, achieved a significant milestone last month by supporting local offshore wind farm surveying with its working-class ROV Monew on the west side of the...

Rapid technological advancements in AI, machine learning and automation urge the offshore industry to keep up to date with innovations and use them to make data acquisition and data processing...

This article presents a novel methodological approach to understand and assess the suitability of airborne Lidar bathymetry for the automatic classification and mapping of the seabed. This solution allows recording of...

Advanced Navigation recently announced the opening of the largest subsea robotics facility in Australia, located in Balcatta, Western Australia (WA). This modern manufacturing and R&D facility aims to accelerate the...

The acquisition of bathymetric and sidescan data is essential for the Swiss energy company Axpo to maintain its hydropower infrastructure, especially as debris that glaciers dump into Switzerland’s rivers and...

Shipwrecks are an integral part of our underwater landscape. According to UNESCO, there are three million wrecks worldwide, and these create various marine spatial planning challenges. To address these challenges,...

Hydro International interviewed RDML Benjamin Evans, director of NOAA’s Office of Coast Survey. Evans is responsible for overseeing the mapping and charting of all US coastal waters, as well as...