News The Hydrographic Society of Benelux held a workshop at Ixsea Oceano bv in Haarlem, The Netherlands on 11 June 2003. Seventy people from the dredging and offshore industries, survey,...

Oceans 2006, co-sponsored by the Marine Technology Society and the IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society, took place at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, from 18th to 21st September....

A new line of side scan systems has been presented by JW Fishers. The PC side scan system displays real-time sonar images on a notebook computer or optional splash-proof PC...

Synthetic Aperture Sonar (SAS) makes centimetric-resolution side-scan survey with high coverage rates a now affordable reality. The new generation of commercial systems deliver 5cm by 5cm resolution, maintained to the...

An EdgeTech 4200-FSL Side Scan Sonar System has been installed on a Sea Robotics USV (Unmanned Surface Vehicle) -5000, purchased by David Evans and Associates, Inc. for use on contracts...

The MacArtney Group has during the winter and early spring delivered 6 EdgeTech 4200-FS side scan sonar systems in different countries. Three complete 300/600 kHz systems plus spares and one...

On geological time scales, the floor of the ocean is young compared to the continents, as it is continuously recycled by internal convective forces. Oceanic lithosphere forms by ascending magma...

Detailed marine geophysical surveys are considered a key element in the process of development and construction of new offshore ports and load-out facilities. Specifically, seismic data constitute an essential part...

During a habitat mapping project at the Cyclades Islands (southern Aegean Sea - eastern Mediterranean Sea) which focused on the mapping of coralline algae, the shipwreck of HMHS Britannic was...

L-3 Klein has recently completed the design and development of a Model 3900 side-scan sonar. The system is high resolution digital sonar for use in Search and Recovery missions which...