Will Girard

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More Universities and Colleges now access OceanWise data via Edina

EDINA is delighted to share that there are now 63 universities and 34 further education colleges with access to a range of OceanWise data through its Marine Digimap service. Eligible institutions pay an annual subscription fee for all staff and students to access the full range of data for educational purposes. The data are presented […]

Introduction to Data Management Course (Marine)

We are running an Introduction to Data Management Course (Marine) on Tuesday 18th February 2020. This 1-day course is for anyone working in or around the marine industry. The course is presented by world-class tutors and provides insight, knowledge and opportunities to discuss your own data challenges with marine data experts. “A good overview about […]

Can we Trust in Data?

We hosted our 8th Annual Data Management and GIS Workshop entitled ‘Trust in Data’ at the School of Economic Science in London on 26 November 2019. The event was well attended and this year we were treated to a particularly strong line up of speakers offering discussion and debate on topics high on everyone’s list. […]

OceanWise contribute to the “Big Marine Data Project”

The Blue Marine Foundation, a charity dedicated to creating marine reserves and establishing sustainable models of fishing, has completed a “Big Data” project which sought to investigate how data can be used to support safety in inshore waters. The focus of the project “has been the current lack of collated and integrated data to effectively […]

Introduction to Marine Data Management: Next course date announced!

The next course date for our popular in-depth marine focused training course ‘Introduction to Marine Data Management’ has been announced as the 18th of February 2020. Who is it for / What will I learn? Our introduction to marine data management training course is tailored to meet the specific needs of the coastal, marine and […]

OceanWise wins more contracts to deliver robust solutions to ports and harbours in the UK and overseas

OceanWise have been working with ports and harbours for the last 15 years, helping them achieve safer and more resilient operations, improve situational awareness and decision making. Katie Eades, Marketing Manager comments: “We are proud to be working with over 70% of the UK’s major ports including Associated British Ports Group, Port of London Authority […]

Meet the Smart Port

Katie Eades and John Pepper explain how digitalisation of Ports using GIS, IOT, AI and other technologies could not only optimise resources but also improve efficiency and transparency. Global trade is very much in the limelight and with an estimated 85% of all globally traded goods being transported by ship, ports have a major role […]

Port-Log features prominently on BBC2 ‘What Britain Buys and Sells in a Day’ documentary

We were delighted to see our data platform Port-Log featuring so prominently on the BBC 2 programme: ‘What Britain Buys and Sells in a Day (Cars)”. The documentary which aired on the 14th of October 2019, was the third in a 3-part series exploring what Britain imports and exports. The other two programmes featured fish […]

OceanWise and the Great British beach clean

As a company we took part in this year’s Great British Beach Clean run by the Marine Conservation Society. This is a voluntary beach clean that falls on the 3rd weekend in September every year and is made up of hundreds of beach cleans across the country. The Marine Conservation Society’s (MCS) events not only […]

Trust in Data? Marine Data Management and GIS Workshop 2019

OceanWise are hosting free workshop on the 26th November in London titled ‘Trust in data?’ Trustworthy, reliable, accurate and up-to-date data is critical to inform decision-making for operations, policy and business managers. But in a world where data volumes and availability are increasing exponentially day by day, what can we do to ensure the veracity […]