Marport Launches New Pro NX Sensor Platform
has begun shipping new Pro NX sensors listed below:Catch Pro NX: A cost-effective catch sensor for monitoring fish volume inside the codend. It offers dual-frequency support and SCALA software compatibility, but does not include echogram visualization. It’s a lightweight alternative to the Catch Explorer.Catch Explorer Pro NX: A high-performance sensor that provides real-time data on trawl status, depth, temperature, and net movement (pitch and roll), along with echogram imaging to visually monitor fish inside the net.Catch Navigator Pro NX: Marport’s highest-resolution net sounder designed
Shipwreck Windfall: ROV Expedition Captures Maritime History
The chill, freshwater depths of Lake Ontario may not first come to mind when thinking about shipwrecks, but an expedition by the Ocean Exploration Cooperative Institute (OECI) at the University of Rhode Island (URI) is challenging that perception. Its star explorer? A compact but mighty Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) named Rhody. What began as a mission to support NOAA’s interest in high-resolution shipwreck documentation within the Lake Ontario National Marine Sanctuary has evolved into a dynamic academic research experience merging innovation, partnership and the expanding role of robotics in
Saildrone: USVs Have Only Scratched the Surface of Maritime Security
days at sea, from the Arctic and to the Southern Ocean. "We circumnavigated Antarctica and we've served customers from NOAA and NASA to the U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard, and in similar foreign civil and defense organizations around the world," noted Connon.The company has delivered 100 Explorer-class, 45 Voyager-class, and 6 Surveyor-class vehicles—all manufactured in-house—designed to support a range of missions from research to reconnaissance.Today, nearly 50 Saildrone vehicles are actively deployed, with almost full utilization focused on the high-capability Voyager and
Supersize It: The U.S. Navy Is Seeking an Ultra-Large AUV
Research (ONR) issued a broad agency announcement (BAA) seeking the rapid design, build, and testing of an ultra-large autonomous underwater vehicle (UL-AUV) capable of conducting long-range, high-endurance missions while carrying large modular payloads. The initial demonstrator vehicle, "Ocean Explorer" (OEX), will establish the technical feasibility of such an unprecedented platform, and will also inform development of the associated infrastructure required to support a full squadron of UL-AUVs. ONR is also seeking unspecificed, innovative UL-AUV-related technologies, as well as rapid design
North Pole Marathon Offers Forum for Climate Change Science Aboard Icebreaker
;s ice sheets, the challenges around the region’s preservation and development.The Forum played out as a series of talks by global Arctic experts aboard the French icebreaker cruise ship Le Commandant Charcot that carried the runners both to and from the North Pole Marathon.Veteran Arctic explorer Peter Damisch who leads the ship’s scientific expedition added that the French vessel has been gathering “precious” scientific data like water samples from both at the pole and along the voyage.The Forum’s lineup went beyond scientists with speakers such as Jennifer Spence
Scientists Replicate Prehistoric Seafaring with Primitive Canoe
this with the rudimentary technology of the time - no maps, no metal tools and only primitive vessels. And the Kuroshio current, comparable in strength to the Gulf Stream off Mexico, presented a particular challenge.The research was in the vein of the famous 1947 Kon-Tiki expedition in which Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl carried out a much longer journey by raft from South America across the Pacific to the Polynesian islands. Heyerdahl aimed to show how prehistoric people from the Americas could have colonized Polynesia."His theory is now countered by a series of pieces of evidence, but it was
Next Geosolutions, Green Yard Kleven Convert Vessel for Subsea Surveys
Next Geosolutions Europe S.p.A., a marine geosciences and offshore construction support services company, and the Norwegian shipyard Green Yard Kleven announced a collaboration agreement for the conversion of the vessel named NG EXPLORER. The vessel will be converted to perform high-spec seabed surveys worldwide.The NG EXPLORER is 58 meters long and 14 metres wide, and has got a draft of 4.5 meters, which makes her suitable also for shallow water environments.Originally built in 2010 as an offshore vessel, it has recently been used in aquaculture but will now be rebuilt for operations in the offshore
Bot Catches an Underwater Wave, Jellyfish Next
bionic jellyfish must contend with the ebb and flow of the currents they encounter, but the brainless creatures do not make decisions about how best to navigate to a destination, and once they are deployed, they cannot be remotely controlled."We know that augmented jellyfish can be great ocean explorers, but they don't have a brain," Dabiri says. "So, one of the things we've been working on is developing what that brain would look like if we were to imbue these systems with the ability to make decisions underwater."Now Dabiri and his former graduate student Dr Peter Gunnarson
Fascinated by Shipwrecks Podcast: Episode 8 – Vince Capone
is the renowned President and Founder of Black Laser Learning. He is an expert in side scan sonar search operations/sonar image analysis and regularly designs and conducts training seminars for the U.S. Navy, law enforcement, fire rescue, fire, rescue, and commercial clients. Capone is a member of the Explorer’s Club and, in 2014, he received Citation of Merit, as operations manager for locating and recovering the Apollo rocket motors from the deep ocean off the Florida coast.Watch the full episode below:
August 2025
