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View from space to make shipping safer
[ June 7, 2024 // Chris Lewis ]Peel Ports, the National Oceanography Centre and the Channel Coastal Observatory are collaborating in a project use satellites to monitor coastal changes and create safer navigation channels. They will use satellite surveillance to assess where maintenance is needed over a six-month period. Funded by UK Space Agency Small Business Research (SBRI), the NOC will use its patented coastal mapping technology to support Peel Ports in building targeted dredging operations across the Mersey and Medway estuaries.
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