Our training course calendar for 2023 is now live. If you would like more information, or to book a place, please email training@seiche.com
Join us at Global Offshore Wind
We’re here and ready to welcome you to RenewableUK‘s Global Offshore Wind conference to talk all things marine mammals and underwater noise – and we have our new HD/thermal-imaging camera systems to show you! Come find us on stand 120.
PAM Buoys: providing wireless marine mammal monitoring
Two of our PAM buoys have been providing real-time wireless marine mammal monitoring in offshore Danish waters this last month for the great team at BioConsult SH GmbH.
Signals from the buoys were relayed using our custom-designed antenna system to a mobile platform up to 1 km away.
Another great job all round from all of the team!
We’re on BBC Spotlight
Here we are on BBC Spotlight talking about our work with The Ocean Cleanup.
Seiche is Official Partner for The Ocean Cleanup
The Ocean Cleanup announces Seiche Water Technology Group with AutoNaut as its Official Partner for Environmental Mitigation Technologies.
Today, SWTG confirms it will be providing an AutoNaut unmanned surface vessel and a suite of mitigation technologies to monitor and help ensure the protection of marine-life during the first-ever deployment of an ocean clean-up system by the Dutch non-profit The Ocean Cleanup. Seiche systems for passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) will be deployed to detect and track whales and dolphins. Hydrophones deployed via PAM buoys will be installed and operated by Seiche personnel. Assistance will also be provided by SWTG to ensure that the highest environmental standards are met throughout.
The Ocean Cleanup develops advanced technologies to rid the world’s oceans of plastic. A full-scale deployment of the TOC systems is estimated to clean up 50% of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in 5 years. The first cleanup system is set to be deployed mid 2018.
Mark Burnett, COO of SWTG, said: “We are extremely proud to be supporting this fantastic initiative to tackle the problem of marine litter. There is a strong ethic of environmental responsibility here at Seiche and it’s a real honour to be working with Boyan Slat and his team to minimise any negative impact on the ocean of the TOC system.”
A SWTG AutoNaut unmanned surface vessel (USV) will work alongside TOC’s revolutionary “barrier” system to provide environmental information on ocean currents, water quality, meteorology and wave height/direction. Cameras on the AutoNaut’s mast and hull will provide a live-feed view both above and below the sea surface. The aim is to provide long-term autonomous monitoring of The Ocean Cleanup’s at-sea garbage-collection system.
“This is a wonderful match of technologies” said Phil Johnston, BD at AutoNaut, “the AutoNaut will accompany The Ocean Cleanup using only wave-power for propulsion and solar energy for sensors. So, these are two very elegant, renewably-powered systems working together for an environmental cause.”
The AutoNaut and suite of PAM mitigation systems will be delivered this summer for The Ocean CleanUp’s first mission in the Pacific Ocean off California.
For an overview of the Ocean Cleanup system please view the following link:
https://youtu.be/PePvbhy-qGY
Boris Johnson admires the AutoNaut USV
Boris Johnson admiring one of our new generation 5-metre boats at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton today. Pete Bromley, our Technical Manager, was on hand to meet and greet the Foreign Secretary during a demonstration of autonomous marine technology.
Come and see us at Oceanology International – Stand A251
Join us on stand A251 at Oceanology International 2018.
The Seiche Water Technology Group will be exhibiting alongside AutoNaut at Excel London, Royal Victoria Dock, from the 13th to the 15th of March 2018.
Passive Acoustic Monitoring By USV: Wave-Propelled AutoNaut Comes Of Age
Read the editorial article: Passive Acoustic Monitoring By USV: Wave-Propelled AutoNaut Comes Of Age in the April edition of Ocean News & Technology – click here.
At the European Cetacean Society conference
We were at the European Cetacean Society conference in Denmark presenting on our Middelfart Listening Station and giving workshops on the Seiche training courses. We’re now taking enquiries for future listening stations across the world, including the Far East!
Seiche’s Digital Array Showcased in Portsmouth
Seiche’s Digital Array showcased in Portsmouth as part of Unmanned Warrior 2016 alongside the AutoNaut.
Our latest thin line digital array was on display alongside the AutoNaut Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) at a recent event in Portsmouth. Click here to read more.