OceanWise News
OceanWise was awarded the contract to work on a unique project involving the historic and impressive HMS Warrior vessel. This iconic piece of British history is moored in Portsmouth as part of the National Museum of the Royal Navy. HMS Warrior is an "ironclad, 40-gun, steam-powered frigate, built for the British Navy in 1859-1861″. OceanWise is proudly working with a number of project partners including Waves Group Limited, Nortek, Gill instruments and RS Divers to install a variety of en...
GIS is defined as “A geographic information system (GIS) that integrates hardware, software, and data for capturing, managing, analysing, and displaying all forms of geographically referenced information.” In a simpler form, GIS are tools that enable users to look at data in a spatial context showing how the data relates to each other by location. Data is everything It can reveal relationships, patterns, and trends that users may not be able to visualise from a list of num...
OceanWise will be supplying and installing a marine environmental monitoring solution in Langstone Harbour, a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Hampshire. This important installation will provide the harbour with tide and weather equipment and a cloud-based data platform to support ongoing harbour operations and environmental monitoring. Langstone Harbour Langstone Harbour is located on Hampshire’s Southern coast nestled between Portsmouth and Chichester and managed under La...
Associated British Ports (ABP) Southampton have embarked on a project with Hampshire based environmental monitoring specialists OceanWise, to provide a solution for current monitoring on the South Bramble navigation buoy. ABP, who have been a customer of OceanWise for nearly 10 years, needed to collect current monitoring data at the South Bramble buoy to provide additional data to pilots on their Portable Pilot Units (PPUs). This data, which will sit alongside the range of other environmental...
OceanWise team undertook an installation in July 2023 for the UK Hydrographic Office in Anguilla, a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. The successful trip formed part of the Marine Environmental Monitoring Systems (MEMS) – A 3-year framework agreement that OceanWise has been contracted to complete by the UK Hydrographic Office, which includes a variety of installations, provision of a data platform, shore control, and GNSS surveys, as well as local training and mentoring. ...
OceanWise announced the company has moved its team and operations into a new larger office located in Alton, Hampshire, United Kingdom (UK). Due to the company’s recent rapid expansion and their growing team, they have moved their main office from the Butts Road area of Alton over to Delta Park. OceanWise moves to new larger office in Alton The new larger office, which is still in Alton, Hampshire, has better access, a much larger workshop area and larger office space. The...
OceanWise has announced its support for the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) in exploring Anguilla’s marine environment through geospatial data. The OceanWise team proudly undertook an installation recently for the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) in Anguilla, a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. The successful trip formed part of the Marine Environmental Monitoring Systems (MEMS) – A 3-year Framework Agreement that OceanWise have been contracted to complete, which includes...
Last year one of OceanWise’s long-standing customers, The Peel Ports Group, approached them to come up with a solution to a historic problem they had with their fog signal management, as other previous attempts had not been successful. Peel Ports Group needed a bespoke fog signal control unit, which allowed their team to remotely manage signals via a web page. Control unit connects to OceanWise’s Port-Log data platform Using the OceanWise in-house marine engineering team, Peel Por...
One of Port-Log’s many unique attributes is that it can handle all types of data, from many different sensors all at the same time, giving the ability to see all the data in a single platform. Connectivity expansion Oceanwise has recently expanded this and has been working hard to expand connectivity with third-party APIs and software systems to enable further integration of sensors, ensuring they work harmoniously within OceanWise’s Port-Log system. Obscape weather sens...
For those who have an environmental monitoring project and need help understanding what they need, what they have or if they want OceanWise to send them a quote? OceanWise is excited to launch their new Monitoring System Builder tool, which can help do just that. Monitoring System Builder tool In a few easy steps – their tool will ask all the key questions and even allow them to add images and files. Once completed, their entry will go straight to their experienced sales team who will a...
OceanWise’s Dr Mike Osborne, recently delivered a short course as part of the latest Geospatial Marine Analysis and Cartography (GEOMAC) course held at the UK Hydrographic Office in Taunton. The course, ‘Data Governance and Marine SDI’, underlines the importance of data governance in increasing efficiencies and reducing risk when creating and maintaining traditional and e-navigational products and services. The GEOMAC is a Nippon Foundation funded initiative under the Internat...
In 2021, Peel Ports Group (Peel Ports), one of the largest port groups in the United Kingdom (UK), signed a Service Level Agreement (SLA) with OceanWise to deliver consistent, reliable servicing and maintenance to the wide variety of environmental monitoring systems and sensors that Peel Ports have in place across all their sites. The Peel Ports Group is made up of 7 strategically located ports across the UK and Ireland, stretching from Clydeport in Scotland down to London Medway in the Southea...
The maritime & ports sector is the gateway to some of the biggest challenges facing the world currently, and presents innovation opportunities to deliver sustainable, equitable growth for our communities and economies. Ocean Wise has announced the cohort for the Maritime Accelerator, a brand-new, challenge-led programme powered by Connected Places Catapult and supported by several industry and academic partners. Maritime Accelerator Its aim is to provide each of the selected SMEs with a p...
Ocean Wise are proud to announce a recent contract win with the Port of Tyne, in the United Kingdom (UK), to provide an environmental monitoring solution to support operational decision making across the Port of Tyne’s jurisdiction. New monitoring equipment The project involves installation of new monitoring equipment, as well as integration with a suit of existing sensors, in order to deliver ongoing, accurate and reliable, real-time tide and weather data. The Port of Tyne is one of UK...
Hampshire-based OceanWise Limited which provides marine and coastal mapping worldwide, are very pleased to announce that they have just been awarded the framework agreement for the provision of GIS Marine Data to the Scottish Government until 2026. Marine Themes Vector’ and Digital Elevation Model Janet Lockey, Key Account Manager for OceanWise comments, “We are pleased to be supplying our range of Marine Mapping Data products and services to the Scottish Public Sector, inclu...
In May 2022 Managing Director Caroline Levey attended the Smart Digital Ports of the Future event in Rotterdam. Below she gives her insights from what she felt was an ‘excellent conference on Digitalisation in Ports which highlighted the need for better data sharing and interoperability.’ “Refreshingly the first two panel sessions kicking the conference off were focused on data standards, data sharing and the need for interoperability. It struck me how fitting it was to see th...
As a member of the Smart Ports Alliance they are excited to share their upcoming webinar all about how they are working with the SPEED Portal (Smart Ports Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Development). Improving operational efficiency These two independent organisations to ‘support the journey of ports and terminals, individually and collectively, to apply technology effectively to improve operational efficiency, enhance financial performance and address serious global challenges.’ They...
OceanWise’s Shane Djokey, who started with the team in September 2020 (slap bang in the middle of the global COVID-19 pandemic!) has been awarded a distinction in his apprenticeship as ‘Software Development Technician’. Shane Djokey has been working with the Technical Team at OceanWise, under the guidance and support of the company’s Managing Director - Caroline Levey and the Line Manager - Steve Bourne, as an Information Systems Apprentice. ‘Software Develo...
Sustainability is an issue for everyone, no matter if the user is an individual or a business. OceanWise recognise the interdependence between growth and the environment and believes that without a healthy and sustainable environment they will not be able to drive a healthy economy. They have started taking steps to improve sustainability and reduce the impact on the environment.