The history of CANE Associates originates in 1997 when hydrographic project work commenced with offshore environmental data collection for one of the multinational oil companies.

• Strategic partnerships were established with leading specialist firms. Through these partnerships, CANE can offer services in geo-physical investigation, seabed mapping, video mapping and survey quality control.

• CANE Associates Co. Ltd. has an ongoing pro-active personal and company development programme geared to continual professional education in specialist fields of marine related surveying. This includes training in coastal multibeam applications, dredging management and electronic nautical charting.

• Our policy and attitude is an awareness and willingness to adapt to the latest technological advances and the changing needs of the marine industry.

The various projects with which we have been involved are indicative of the type of development work currently being undertaken throughout the Caribbean region. Trinidad has, in recent years, been heavily involved with offshore petrochemical development, in particular gas. Associated with this are the downstream spin-off developments where CANE has been directly involved, including port development and expansion projects.

Throughout the Islands, there are continuous demands for space in the coastal zone in terms of industrial development. This in turn impacts on the type of associated projects and we have found there are many concerns on the ever-evolving nature of environmental impacts due to coastal development. CANE has been involved with surveys for cruise ship terminals, new fishing ports, airport extensions into the sea and bathymetric surveys for ports.