OceanWise continues to fulfill delivery commitments under UK Hydrographic Office MEMS framework.
OceanWise Ltd, the UK based specialist in marine environmental monitoring and marine mapping, has continued to deliver under its three year Marine Environmental Monitoring Systems framework agreement with the UK Hydrographic Office. The framework covers the design, installation and support of tide and sea level monitoring systems at key locations that support navigation safety and wider environmental understanding. As part of this work, OceanWise engineers undertook a field deployment in Grand Turk in the Turks and Caicos Islands to extend the UK Hydrographic Office global tide and sea level network. The project included installation of a new Marine Environmental Monitoring Station and integration of the site into the existing monitoring and data delivery architecture specified by the hydrographic authority. The Grand Turk installation builds on earlier phases of activity under the framework, which encompasses multiple international sites. The programme is intended to improve the availability and reliability of real time sea level information to support charting, coastal management and port operations, reinforcing OceanWise role as a technical partner to national hydrographic and maritime authorities.
New monitoring infrastructure installed in Turks and Caicos Islands
The Grand Turk deployment demonstrates the practical application of OceanWise marine monitoring solutions in small island and overseas territory settings. According to project updates, the system provides continuous measurements of water level and related environmental parameters, with data telemetered back for quality control and onward dissemination. By extending the monitoring network into the Turks and Caicos Islands, the UK Hydrographic Office and OceanWise aim to improve tidal datums, support safer navigation for commercial shipping and cruise traffic, and underpin future updates to official charts and port information. The work aligns with wider international efforts to strengthen ocean observing systems in climate sensitive and tourism dependent coastal regions.
Participation in the Maritime Accelerator Programme
OceanWise has also been selected as one of ten small and medium sized enterprises to participate in the Maritime Accelerator Programme led by Connected Places Catapult. The new initiative brings together maritime technology firms with ports, infrastructure operators and other partners to develop and scale data driven innovations for the sector. Being chosen for the accelerator places OceanWise alongside other early stage and growth companies working on digital and environmental solutions for ports and shipping. The programme is supported by a group of industrial and institutional partners and is designed to provide access to testbeds, expert mentoring and potential routes to market for maritime technologies. OceanWise has indicated that further details of its specific accelerator project will be released in due course. Participation nonetheless underlines the company intent to position its monitoring and data management capabilities within emerging port digitalisation and smart infrastructure initiatives.
Strategic Partnership Agreement between Boat Electrics and Electronics of California Inc. and RV Electronics Group Inc.
In the United Kingdom domestic market, OceanWise has entered into a partnership with Boat Electrics and Electronics, a marine systems integrator often referred to as BEE, to expand the reach of its environmental monitoring solutions. The collaboration seeks to bring OceanWise sensor and data platforms to a wider range of coastal and inland sites through BEE installation and service capabilities. The partnership is structured to support nationwide deployment of marine environmental monitoring systems, with BEE providing local engineering resources and on site support while OceanWise supplies system design, data management and analytics expertise. The intent is to offer end users such as ports, marinas and coastal authorities a combined technology and service package with long term support. By leveraging BEE established field engineering presence, OceanWise aims to scale its monitoring estate more efficiently and respond to growing demand for real time environmental data in support of harbour operations, flood risk management and coastal asset planning.
Engaging with European marine data standardisation
OceanWise continues to play an active role in European marine data standardisation and interoperability programmes. Company representatives participated in the 2025 EMODnet Conference, an event focused on the development of comprehensive in situ marine data services for European waters and the global ocean. In addition, OceanWise chairman Dr Mike Osborne contributed to a webinar hosted by the Marine Environmental Data and Information Network under the title Interoperability in Action Data Standards and Marine Applications. The session examined how consistent standards and good data management practices can improve the sharing and reuse of marine information across sectors such as ports, offshore energy and environmental regulation. These activities reflect OceanWise long term emphasis on marine data infrastructure, including advocacy for common standards, open interfaces and robust metadata to ensure that environmental observations collected for navigation and port operations can also serve wider policy, research and climate resilience objectives.
Establishing ourselves as maritime information infrastructure providers.
Across these initiatives, OceanWise continues to describe itself as an independent company specialising in environmental monitoring solutions, accurate marine mapping data and expert advice for ports and harbours. Company literature frames its mission as delivering a maritime information infrastructure that enables better decision making for safety of navigation, operational efficiency and environmental stewardship. The current combination of international framework contracts, domestic partnerships, accelerator participation and standards engagement indicates a strategy focused on integrating observational hardware, data management and applied analytics. For maritime stakeholders, this positions OceanWise as a potential long term partner in the design and operation of digital information layers that sit alongside traditional port and hydrographic infrastructure. As regulatory expectations around environmental performance, climate resilience and data transparency continue to rise, the company ongoing projects with the UK Hydrographic Office and its efforts to expand monitoring capabilities through partners are likely to remain central to its contribution to the wider maritime data ecosystem.