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Our latest newsletter is out: ‘Going below the surface…’

Our latest newsletter is out now! In this issue we’re going below the surface, exploring water quality and turbidity — including a project currently underway with Associated British Ports, Southampton. You’ll also find: Our latest GIS in Ports interview with Paul Brooks from PD Ports An update on the recent revisions to the Port Marine […]

GIS in Ports series – An Interview with PD Ports

Our Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in Ports series is back! Ports are increasingly expected to manage large volumes of environmental and operational data. GIS is becoming a key tool for bringing that information together — supporting everything from environmental monitoring to planning and safety. In this latest interview in our GIS Series we talk to […]

From ambition to action–Coastal Futures 2026

Photo: Ocean and Coastal Futures (OCF) Coastal Futures Conference London, 2026 A personal review by Fran Light The theme of this year’s Coastal Futures Conference in London, “From Ambition to Action,” set the tone immediately. The sector has done the thinking, the planning, and the talking — now it’s time to turn commitments into measurable action. During the conference, […]

Global Insight, Local Impact: Marine data in practice

The latest version of our quarterly newsletter is out now! In this issue delve into: Enhancing Pilot Safety with real-time wave data How GNSS Levelling improves tide-gauge accuracy How to unlock the power of Port-Log A review of EMODnet 2025 conference …and more! Read all these articles and find our previous newsletters here

Calling all ocean innovators, business leaders, and visionaries: EMODnet 2025

Last week our Information Systems Manager Andrew Bell attended the 2025 EMODnet Conference. EMODnet is a ‘comprehensive in situ marine data service in Europe, offering a wealth of in water Ocean observations, data and data products, spanning the coast and oceans’. This conference an important event for those of us involved in marine data, ocean […]

Local MP Damian Hinds Visit

We welcomed local Member of Parliament Damian Hinds to our offices in Alton in September, after an invitation which was organised by the Society of Maritime Industries (SMI), aimed at connecting MPs with innovative maritime businesses in their constituencies. Damian Hinds, MP for East Hampshire, said: “One of the great things about my role as […]

Interoperability in Action: Data Standards and Marine Applications

We are really excited to be running a free webinar as part of the MEDIN webinar series. Join us on the 7th of September for the “Interoperability in Action: Data Standards and Marine Applications” section. Our Chairman Dr Mike Osborne will be delving into Marine Data usage in ports and how it has changed over […]

Storm Eowyn data blows us away

Storm Eowyn brought with it some remarkable and dramatic data last week. Our graph below extracted from our data platform Port-Log vividly illustrates wind scatter and gust intensity through colour coding. It’s rare for us to see the dark red (F12) on these graphs, even though we monitor data from across the country every day. […]

Ahead of the Curve: Forecasting, Safety and Seasonal Preparations

Our latest newsletter “Ahead of the Curve: Forecasting, Safety and Seasonal Preparations” is out and packed full of articles including: 🌍 Elevating real-time weather displays with our new forecast extension 🌍 Sight from shore: Enhancing maritime safety through real-time metocean data integration (with ABP Southampton and the Journal of Ocean Technology) 🌍 Our essential winter […]

Importance of environmental and hydrospatial monitoring systems

We are so excited to have had our article: “Importance of environmental and hydrospatial monitoring systems” published in the recent International Hydrographic Review. An ever-increasing need for reliable, real-time marine environmental and hydrospatial data has lead to development of a Marine Environmental Monitoring Stations framework by the UK Hydrographic Office. This framework, executed in partnership […]