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,...

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...

DBM GEOSURVEY is the marine survey arm of De Beers Marine, the world’s largest marine precious mineral mining company. DBM GEOSURVEY has pioneered the development of geophysical survey systems over...

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...

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...

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....

GeoAcoustics have launched Timer2, a new micro-controlled timing and pulse generation unit for use with marine survey equipment when triggering at different repetition rates is a requirement. Timer2 can provide...

Aquatec Group (stand 72 at Ocean Business 2007) received an order for 250 AQUAmark pingers from MacArtney (stand 36). The AQUAmark 100 is an acoustic deterrent that is targeted specifically...

An Aquares resistivity survey was carried out in a river in sub-Saharan Africa to map the sub-bottom features of a diamond concession. Diamondiferous gravels were distinguished remotely from bedrock and...

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...