On Friday 8 June 2007, the bulk carrierPasha Bulkerran aground in heavy storm conditions on one of Newcastle’s most famous surfing beaches, Nobbys, near the entrance to Newcastle Harbour in...

The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) expert group for the compilation of the new International Bathymetric Chart of the Southern Ocean (IBCSO) proposes to build a consistent bathymetric database...

RS Aqua Ltd have signed a representation agreement with D&A Instrument Co, designers of the OBS range of Turbidity and Suspended Sediment sensors. The agreement covers the UK and Ireland...

Professor Graham Shimmield is a graduate of the University of Durham, England with a BSc (Honours) degree in Geology. In 1981, he studied for a PhD in marine geochemistry at...

In this article, offshore survey products are meant in the broadest sense. Not just survey, navigation and positioning, but the purpose or project that the dependent results are used for....

Underwater wireless communications links have almost exclusively been implemented using acoustic systems. Optical links have proved impractical for many applications. Although underwater radio links were experimentally evaluated in the pioneering...

The Association of Marine Scientific Industries (AMSI) is testament to the outstanding success of Ocean Business 2007, with numerous new members signing up for the many cash and business benefits...

Sonardyne was recently called-upon in a race to recover the flight recorders from a crashed Airbus A320. The Armavia airliner was lost with 113 lives on a flight between Yerevan...

A method is presented which greatly increases the efficiency of pipeline survey using sediment echo sounder. These surveys are mostly done sailing cross courses; adding receiving directionality, a course can...

This article gives an insight into the topographical and hydrographic aspects of the construction of a stabilised tidal inlet in Cartagena, Colombia. The purpose of this tidal inlet was to...