Given the Netherlands’ geographical location, it is unsurprising to find it has a long tradition of hydrography. The lowland, often below sea level, forms a delta where major rivers from...

Teledyne Odom Hydrographic has launched the MB1 multibeam echo sounder. This 120° sonar operates on user-selectable frequencies from 170 kHz to 220 kHz. MB1 features phase and amplitude bottom detection,...

Simrad, Norway, has released a significant update for its ME70 scientific multibeam echo sounder. A new software and hardware configuration improves accuracy and operating range while reducing maintenance costs and...

Kongsberg Maritime has been awarded a NOK20 million (US$2.81 million) contract to provide an EM 122 1ºx 1º multibeam hydrographic echo sounder and one 3º SBP 120 sub bottom profiler...

Ocean surveying and inspection specialist Argeo Subsea, CSI Nordics and Kongsberg Discovery have formalized a three-party Certificate of Delivery and Acceptance for an advanced HUGIN Superior AUV. This milestone agreement,...

Between January 2023 and February 2024, TDI-Brooks, a specialized company in geotechnical and offshore survey projects, conducted an extensive site investigation programme across two offshore wind blocks in state and...

By harnessing capabilities of advanced satellite technology and ever-evolving data analysis, satellite-based mapping (including satellite-derived bathymetry, SDB) offers an efficient, extensible and cost-effective method for mapping water properties, underwater topography...

HydroBar is a hydrographic tool for calibrating survey echo sounders during field surveys. A real-time sound velocimeter is combined with a sonar target (‘bar’) and Windows-based software which can run...

Seafloor Systems has introduced the SonarMite MILSpec Echo Sounder. The SonarMite features a field-proven survey-grade echo sounder, bluetooth technology with Windows Pocket PC devices, smart transducer design with QA output...

Working with NOAA's Northwest Fisheries Science Center (NWFSC), the University of Washington recently retrieved a BioSonics DTX-SUB split-beam echo-sounder after a one-month deployment in northern Admiralty Inlet, WA. The unit...