C & C Technologies recently completed an AUV site investigation survey off the coast of Angola for ExxonMobil. During the 34-day project, C & C’s AUV aboard the R/V Rig...

A science expedition recently explored the remains of the only World War II German U-boat, U-166, sunk in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. The U-166 was discovered in 5,000 feet...

C & C Technologies’ deepwater AUV, C-Surveyor I, recently completed a hazard survey for BHP’s Sheniz project in Green Canyon. The scope of work required high-resolution multi-beam, sub-bottom and side...

Ms Murray joined Oceonics (the forerunner of Seatronics) in 1981. It was here that she got her first taste of business in the hydrographic Industry, specifically in the sales environment....

Sonar is well accepted as an option for detection and visualisation of underwater objects. Side-scan and sector-scanning sonar have traditionally been used by surveyors but whilst they produce excellent images,...

Over the past thirteen years Douglas-Westwood Limited has produced a series of occasional techno-economic studies of the Ocean Survey industry. This latest, The World Ocean Survey Report 2004-2008 aims to...

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...

The Australian Navy is the latest military unit to purchase JW Fishers Proton 4 magnetometers. The Aussies join a long list of military clients using Fishers underwater search equipment including...

The new Trinity House rapid intervention vessel Alert, which entered service last month, has been equipped with an integrated bridge system supplied by Northrop Grumman Corporation. Alert was built at...

Imagenex Technology Corp, headquartered in Port Coquitlam, just outside Vancouver, specialises in advanced acoustic underwater sensors in combination with graphic visualisation tools. The Canadian firm endeavours to apply a unique...