The Zambezi River in northern Mozambique historically provided the gateway to Central Africa. Due to damming, coinciding with twenty years of civil war, the use of this trade route collapsed....

On 8th October 1993, with the introduction of the Laser Airborne Depth Sounder (LADS) flown in a Fokker F-27 aircraft, the Australian Hydrographic Service could claim to be among the...

What started out as a small niche company specialising in hydrographic multi-beam surveys has really taken flight since 1992. C&C Technologies has been led in many other directions than multi-beam...

The acquisition of hydrographic data has successfully supported the production of paper and electronic navigational charts for many years. Hydrographic offices worldwide are rightly committed to providing products in which...

Canada is the second largest country in the world, with a shoreline measuring approximately 243,800km, more than six times the circumference of the Earth. The Canadian Hydrographic Service (CHS), established...

ECDIS has been standardised by the IHO in Special Publications No. 57 (S57) and No. 52 (S52) and is established in coastal and open sea areas. The S57 standard covers...

ECDIS has been standardised by the IHO in Special Publications No. 57 (S57) and No. 52 (S52) and is established in coastal and open sea areas. The S57 standard covers...

The German specialist in hydro-acoustics has found a new home. The new building will give a perfect infrastructure for the growth of the company. The location of the facility is...

With extended national jurisdiction offshore brought about by the coming into force of the United Nations Convention on Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), new territories have emerged that need to...

Professor Graham Shimmield is a graduate of the University of Durham, England with a BSc (Honours) degree in Geology. In 1981, he studied for a PhD in marine geochemistry at...