On the open sea they used a technique known as "dead reckoning," where the ship's known direction of travel was plotted over time on navigational charts, and objects were observed as they floated ...

called ECPINS (Electronic Chart Precise Integ r a t e d Navigation System). Founded in 1977 to position oil rigs and assist restricted ship navigation in places like the Arctic, OSI was designing ...

Removing buoys that mark hazards in RI waters could save the Coast Guard money, but boaters say it could come at a high cost.

We slept just seven meters from where the bow is and didn’t hear a thing. … If it had been on a slightly different course, it would have hit the house,” said Johan Helberg, a Norwegian citizen who was ...

Teledyne Geospatial has launched the CARIS AutoChart, a nautical chart production solution. Traditionally, the production of nautical paper charts has been labor-intensive and time-consuming. It often ...

Belowdecks, the ship's charts had been tossed about ... Thus was born one of the most durable mysteries in nautical history: What happened to the ten people who had sailed aboard the Mary Celeste?

Oct. 24,2024. US Navy Photo SAN DIEGO – When weather conditions deteriorate, keeping ships on track for their mission in churning seas can challenge both ship bridge watch teams and weather ...