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OceanWise joins the Society of Maritime Industries

OceanWise is now a proud member of the Society of Maritime Industries which “promotes the interests of UK based companies in the international market place and to governments”. For more details please visit their website here

Robert Proctor achieves NEBOSH qualification

Huge congratulations to our Oceanographer Robert Proctor who, after a lot of hard work and determination, has successfully completed the NEBOSH National General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety (National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health). The course covers the management of health and safety and how that is translated to the workplace. This […]

OceanWise welcomes Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) team to Alton

We welcomed 8 team members from the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) at our office between 13-14 May 2019, to take part in two days of intensive training on data management, environmental monitoring systems and the OceanWise Port-Log software. BIWTA was established in 1958 and controls, manages, and develops the inland water transport of […]

Making Marine Geodata fit for purpose

Dr Mike Osborne and John Pepper look at the aims and objectives of the UK Working group on Marine Geospatial Information and reflect on the need for a marine geoinformation community that is forward-thinking, inclusive and responsive. The inaugural meeting of the United Nations Working Group on Marine Geospatial Information (UN-WGMGI) took place between 4-9 […]

OceanWise to present on Multi-purpose ENC’s for ports at this year’s European Maritime Pilots Association (EMPA) Conference 2019

This years EMPA (European Maritime Pilots Association) is coming to Liverpool from the 22 to the 24th of May As well as exhibiting during the event and enjoying the conference programme, Caroline Levey Operations Director at OceanWise will be speaking on Thursday (23rd May) on the subject of “Multi-purpose ENC’s for Ports”. Please find below […]

OceanWise Scottish Marine Data Workshop – a great success!

OceanWise ran another of their popular free-to-attend Marine Data Workshops last week (25th of April 2019) at The Royal Society of Edinburgh. Attendees of this year’s Scottish Workshop were rewarded with an informative programme of presentations covering a wide of topics around marine data and information. Speaking to a full house of over 40 delegates, […]

Reliable Environmental Monitoring Data from Anywhere to Anyone!

OceanWise will be explaining how to reliably and cost-effectively transmit real-time environmental monitoring data from any sensor to any user at Ocean Business 2019. Data anywhere to anyone! The transmission of data, known as ‘data telemetry’, is often the unsung hero of any environmental and metocean monitoring programme, but this essential component does not get […]

Pilots view Port-Log tide and weather data on Safe Pilot PPU

ABP Southampton, Trelleborg and OceanWise have collaborated to allow pilots to view important real-time tide and weather data from ABP’s Port-Log system on their ‘Safe Pilot’ PPU’s. Robust data management and data sharing is at the heart of what we do and we are constantly looking for ways that we can support port operations. Port-Log […]

Launch of ‘Raster Charts XL Oceans’ imminent!

We are eagerly anticipating the launch of our product extension to Raster Charts XL called Raster Charts XL ‘Oceans’, a global dataset which provides a contextual, authoritative ocean-wide resource ready to be paired with global land mapping of the user’s choice e.g. Open Street Map. The dataset is ideal for use as a familiar global […]

OceanWise, in collaboration with Marico Marine, are to deliver a new environmental monitoring system to the Port of Dover

Marico Marine and OceanWise will collaborate on this auspicious project, bringing together both companies’ unique expertise. OceanWise will be designing, integrating and installing a new system to monitor, manage and publish environmental data in the Port of Dover. Robert Proctor, Oceanographer at OceanWise commented: “We will install a new tide station and a range of […]