Sperry Marine will supply a complete integrated bridge system, including navigation radars, autopilot and manual steering systems, heading and speed sensors and other related bridge systems and sensors for two...

Kongsberg Norcontrol IT has been awarded a contract to supply Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA) with a new Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) system for the Port of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania....

Specially adapted Kongsberg Norcontrol IT C-Scope software formed the platform for an in- depth MarNIS (Maritime Navigation and Information Services) demonstration, held at the MCA's Highcliffe Training Centre on 13...

When Andrews considered a new coastal hydrographic vessel, a smaller RIB best suited their customers’ survey needs, but would it meet the strict requirements for MCA Accreditation? Roy Jarman, Andrews...

In the November/December 1998 issue of Hydro international I summarised considerations related to the design of a new hydrographic survey vessel. A new hydrographic survey launch (catamaran type) for the...

In recent years an expansion in the telecommunications industry has led to a growing market for cable-route landfall surveys. Added to this, the increasing interest in coastal-zone management (which may...

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...

In 2005 HMS Endurance was fitted with a Kongsberg Maritime EM710 multibeam echosounder, and the author finally had the excuse he needed to go and visit the ship whilst on...

When asked to do an article on low cost hydrography within the offshore construction industry the first word that sprang to mind was 'cheap'. However 'cheap' might not be 'cost...

The Hydrographic Survey (Søopmålingen) which is a part of the Oceanographic division within the Royal Danish Administration of Navigation and Hydrography (RADON), conducts hydrographic surveying in the Danish and Greenland...