OceanWise News & Views
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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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“Major UK Ports are now responding with many seeking out progressive changes that can support economic growth as well as safe and efficient operations”. Read our recent publication in the Society of Maritime Industries Annual review on the rise of digitalisation ‘Smart Port’ here.
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OceanWise, as a member of the UN-GGIM Private Sector Network (PSN) and the Working Group on Marine Geospatial Information (MG-MGI) attended the UN-GGIM Session 9 in New York on 5-9 August 2019. John Pepper attended two side meetings of the WG-MGI to confirm the requirements needed to deliver its 2020 work plan. A case study […]
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We are running an Introduction to Data Management Course (Marine) on Tuesday 24th September 2019. 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 […]
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