Operations of cable controlled ‘work-class’ remotely operated underwater vehicles (ROVs) is a business worth US$600 million worldwide and this is forecast to grow to US$725 million by 2008 according to...

As part of its Coastal Zone Monitoring Programme, the Marine Works Unit of the Dubai Municipality has set up a website (www.dubaicoast.org) which enables viewers to watch near real-time video...

The newly released 190 kHz Continental has been tested for profiling range and been found to 'hold up under pressure'. Commonly referred to as a 200m system, a production unit...

The Marine Geospatial Data Industry seminar held at the UKHO at beginning of July attracted representatives from government departments and agencies, academia and from the commercial sector. The purpose of...

DelphMap is a mature data-fusion product that has the capability to process the many types of data taken in a given area and present them in a comprehensive picture, in...

RESON has introduced the NaviSound 110 Single-beam Echosounder, a compact, low-cost single frequency digital echosounder designed for a range of hydrographic and remote operating applications. The NaviSound 110 is reliable...

The US Coast Guard has purchased VideoRay systems valued over US$ 231,000. These miniature swimming robots are currently used to investigate potential underwater dangers. The Coast Guard is testing VideoRay...

China Ocean Technology Centre in Tianjin has for years used equipment from Aanderaa Instruments in Norway to measure temperature, current speed and current direction in the ocean. Now the centre...

Valeport Ltd, UK, has introduced a seabed-mounted tide recorder that makes precise water level measurements where conventional units attached to piers and jetties are not practicable. Applications are in oceanography,...

Northern Airborne Technology (NAT) has been licensed by C-MAP to use its ECS and CM-93 Edition 3 database. The system, called NAT-ECS, is an industrialised touch screen PC/display combo unit...