With 13 years of acoustic inspections behind them (the last nine utilising the Focus 400 ROTV), Svitzer has, arguably, become a leader in ROTV pipeline inspections. With a highly skilled...

This article covers the recovery operations that took place after the accident on 3 January 2004 off Sharm el-Sheikh that involved a Boeing 737-300 operated by Flash Airlines from Sharm...

After working for eighteen years with the trailer department of a dredging company, Stef Mars started his own hydrographic survey company in 1985. Working on board of hopper trailer suction...

Charles Martin was born in Cape Town and schooled at Bishops, where he played moderate rugby, bad cricket and was a reluctant member of the choir for a few years....

Sonatech was founded in 1973 as a member of the Channel Industries family of companies, now Channel Technologies. In the thirty years since, it has evolved into a leader in...

This article summarises the surveying activities of a private offshore diamond mining company in Southern Africa, De Beers, who pioneered underwater diamond exploration and liberation in Namibia and South Africa....

Since the 1940s the use of an electrical spark to produce an underwater acoustic pulse has become an industry standard in the retrieval of sub-bottom profile data. Although conceptually simple,...

With 43 years in business, Benthos, Inc. is one of the oldest oceanographic equipment manufacturers in the world. Today, the company is in the process of re-inventing itself as a...

For over 35 years, the name of Chelsea has been synonymous with the development optical sensors and towed vehicle systems for civil and military customers. Now a demand for vehicle...

Why has a new positioning system been designed? What are the requirements? What are the drawbacks of traditional solutions? Why are a new concept and system architecture necessary? What applications...