31/01/2019

Coastal restoration specialist, Colin Scott, is in Brussels today to discuss beneficial use of sediment.

16/01/2019

The second talk in this year’s Coastal Futures programme is about implementing Defra’s 25 Year Environment Plan’s marine objectives. A key feature of the Plan is embedding Environmental Net Gan (ENG). 

21/12/2018

The International Maritime Pilots Association has published its annual safety survey. Defective and sub-standard pilot boarding ladders have been a topic of concern for many ports.

13/12/2018

In October 2018, ABPmer was delighted to present at the 2nd International Symposium on Coastal Resources and Environment (CORE 2018), hosted by Hohai University in Nanjing. 

12/12/2018

As metocean information is used throughout the lifecycle of a development, the Metocean Team at ABPmer consider it appropriate to plan this at a very early stage and to take a ‘whole life’ approach towards its acquisition, management and use.

12/12/2018

Are you unsure about shapefiles? Not confident with metadata? Forgotten how to buffer, snap, clip and geo-reference?

11/12/2018

Harbour authorities and owners of marine facilities must have a ‘Duty Holder’ as defined within the Port Marine Safety Code. The Duty Holder is either an individual, or more typically a Board who are both individually and collectively accountable for compliance with the requirements of the Code.

11/12/2018

Fishing activity and seals share fish resources and overlap spatially, resulting in interaction and conflict. Depredation (feeding on fishermen’s catches) by seals has economic costs to the fishing industry through loss of catches and damage to fishing gear.