The University Of Gothenburg, Sweden, has chosen Kongsberg Maritime’s HUGIN autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) to expand Sweden’s capabilities in the field of marine research using unmanned platforms. The HUGIN, which...

In 2008, the seemingly endless growth of the geomatics industry was rudely interrupted by the global economic crisis and its enduring after-effects. But now, ten years later, the readers’ survey...

Fugro has won a second major contract from the Norwegian Public Roads Administration (NPRA) for the largest road project in Norway’s history. The work on the E39 Coastal Highway will...

Phil Payne gives a personal account of his experience in the Caribbean at the time of Hurricane Irma. He reminisces on the usefulness of basic techniques when the latest systems...

A new chapter in the search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has begun with the announcement of Texas-based firm Ocean Infinity being hired to locate the missing wreckage. They could...

This month the focus is on training, education and encouraging young people to enter our profession. When I was not long into the profession, I remember sitting for my first...

ESA’s CryoSat mission has revealed that, over the last seven years, Antarctica has lost an area of underwater ice the size of Greater London. This is because warm ocean water...

This month we are focussed on the water, seas and oceans. Offshore surveying, Hydrography and the various associated survey disciplines in this sector have generally benefitted greatly from technology in...

Since the last autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) review in 2016, the market has continued to grow. The biggest market for AUV systems remains the military. The world’s most advanced navies...

Oceanographic equipment developed by underwater technology company Sonardyne International will be used as part of a major US$2 million scientific study of disruptive ocean currents in the US Gulf of...