Below the water line

As taking care of our world becomes increasingly important, measuring and monitoring our environment takes centre stage – in this article we look below the water line and discuss turbidity at the water's edge, which is now arguably a crucial corner stone for measuring the health of our coastal waters.  […]

Delivering tide and weather information to harbour users at Cowes

Cowes Harbour Commission (CHC) and OceanWise have completed a Stakeholder Benefit project to install two environmental monitoring stations on the River Medina to provide harbour users with tide and weather data allowing commercial and leisure vessels to make timely safety related navigational decisions.

Powering Associated British Ports' (ABP) monitoring systems

ABP is the UK’s leading port operator and boasts a network of 21 ports which are spread across Britain. These combined ports handle about a quarter of the UK’s seaborne trade and is a significant contributor to the economy. estimated around £7.5 billion every year. OceanWise has been working with Associated British Ports (ABP) since 2014 supplying a variety of products and services to its network of ports around the UK, from the short sea ports like Barrow to the large deep water port at Southampton. 

Ports need to “act soon on adaption” to climate change

“Act soon on adaption” is the key message coming from a recent new report from the British Ports Association and HR Wallingford. The paper indicates that Ports needs to invest in future proofing their infrastructure to mitigate the risks from inevitable influences like sea level rise, climate change, extreme weather  […]

Online Data Management Course a great success!

The online training course 'Marine Data Management, Governance and the MEDIN Toolset' promoted in our Winter Newsletter was attended by over 30 delegates and received excellent feedback. Over five days in April, morning presentations delivered by OceanWise and MEDIN personnel on the OTGA web-based training platform were followed up by  […]