in Falmouth, Massachusetts was founded to make his instruments commercially available to the global scientific community. In 1983, McLane Research Laboratories Inc. Honjo was a 2019 recipient of the first ever WHOI Distinguished Emeritus Award for his lifetime achievements.Īlong with his pioneering research in biogeochemical particle flux studies, Honjo also led the development of several notable oceanographic instruments over four decades including the sediment trap, moored profiler, and ice-tethered Arctic environmental buoys. His pioneering work as a scientist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) contributed to the understanding and observations of marine particle compositions and fluxes and of the oceanic biological pump. He died peacefully at home on 23 December 2020 surrounded by his family. McLane Research Labs announces with great sorrow the passing of its founder, Dr. JanuGeneral Ocean News, General, Press Release “The future of conducting Hydrographic surveys is changing, and we are meeting those changes by working with Swathe Services to offer training using the latest autonomous vessels and innovative MBES technology.McLane Announces Passing of Founder Dr. Unmanned Survey Solutions provided the remotely operated Unmanned Surface Vessel for the training and it all worked perfectly.” ”ĭirector of USS, James Williams said: “We are proud to be involved with providing a world first right here in the UK. It’s changing the way we survey ports and harbours. Pierre Mezerette from SBG Systems in France said: “I have been training with HYPACK which is a fantastic software programme for Hydrographic Surveying, and to see the USV operating remotely in the harbour was just amazing. I’ve learnt so much in such a short time.” Kordula Schwarzwalder, A Researcher from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, said: “This course is invaluable for me as a researcher as we use these USV’s to map rivers in Norway, so having hands-on training on remotely operating these vessels is very useful. The USV was remotely operated from Swathe Services offices nearby using dedicated survey data acquisition software from HYPACK. Mapping a harbour remotelyĪs part of the training, the delegates mapped Hayle Harbour in Cornwall using the USS Inception Class USV fitted with Multi-beam Echo-Sounder technology.

People came from as far afield as Norway, France, Slovenia, UK and the USA to attend the intensive 5-day course.

This course aims to change the way surveying is done, using remotely operated USV’s. Hydrographic Surveying is usually done with a manned survey vessel and takes many hours to complete. Unmanned Survey Solutions sister company Swathe Services ran the world’s first commercial MBES training course using a remotely operated Unmanned Surface Vessel provided by USS.

Hypack training 2019