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COMMITTEE ON SHIPPING HYDROGRAPHY SEMINAR 2009

25 February 2009, Queen Elizibeth II Cruise Terminal, Dock Gate 4, Southampton, 10:00am

Introduction

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) held its annual Committee on Shipping Hydrography (COSH) Seminar at the Queen Elizabeth II Cruise Terminal, Dock Gate 4, Southampton on 25 February 2009.

This COSH meeting provided an excellent opportunity for all attendees to find out about areas of the seabed which will be surveyed by a number of government organisations in the forthcoming years.

COSH was initially established in 1976 and has been the forum through which the MCA meets with its stakeholders to ensure proper consultation in the Agency’s management of the Civil Hydrography Programme (CHP).  The CHP has a multi-million pound budget to systematically survey the waters around the U.K.  Commercial contracts are let regularly to ensure accurate hydrographic information is gathered for updating the nation's nautical charts and publications.

In previous years COSH has been a relatively small group consisting of around 20 people, but with the advent of multibeam echosounders and the consequential step-change in the usefulness of bathymetric data, a number of Government organisations are now surveying for reasons other than safety of navigation. The MCA were not slow to realise that this increase in survey effort could be capitalised upon by improving the integration of hydrographic survey data-gathering programmes.  Because of this, the MCA decided to increased the number of people invited.


Seminar Papers (please click on links below for access to papers)

Programme Click here to view pdf 34kb
Attendees ListClick here to view pdf 38.6kb


Presentations from Seminar (Click on links to access presentations in PdF from the Seminar )


Please Note that due to size restrictions on pdf files, the presentation may be in several parts

Session 1:The Civil Hydrography Programme 2008-09

1010: Civil Hydrography Programme management for 2008-2009
Part 1Click here to view pdf 701kb
Part 2 Click here to view pdf 2189kb
Part 3 Click here to view pdf 2109kb

Rob Spillard - Hydrography Manager (Maritime and Coastguard Agency)


1020: Survey Results 2008-2009 (Routine Resurvey Programme)

Part 1 Click here to view pdf 1391kb
Part 2 Click here to viewpdf 1674kb
Part 3 Click here to view pdf 1706kb
Part 4 Click here to view pdf 1397kb
Part 5 Click here to view pdf 2045kb
Part 6 Click here to view pdf 1083kb

Ola Oskarsson / Martin Wikmar - Managing Director / Programme Manager (Marin Matteknik)


1030: Survey Results 2008-2009 (Anglian Sovereign and SW Coastal Monitoring Programme)

Part 1 Click here to view pdf 982kb
Part 2 Click here to view pdf 1266kb

Duncan Mallace - Managing Director


1040: Survey Results 2008-2009 (Medium Water Contract) Click here to view (pdf 1983kb

David Buxton - Project Manager (Gardline GeoSurvey Ltd)


1050: Survey Results 2008-2009 (Shallow Water Contract) Click here to view pdf 3281kb

Chris Spencer - Project  Manager (Fugro OSAE)


1100:  Questions and Answers


1110: Break


Session 2:The Civil Hydrography Programme 2009-10

1120 Proposed Programme for 2009-2010 Click here to view pdf 1523kb

David Parker - Civil Hydrography Manager (UK Hydrographic Office)


1130 Questions and Answers


Session 3:Good Practice

1140: The Joint Irish Bathymetric Survey (JIBS) Project and INFOMAR
Part 1Click here to view pdf 1359kb
Part 2 Click here to view pdf 2236kb

Fergal McGrath - INFOMAR Survey Team Leader – Advanced Mapping Services (Irish Marine Institute)


1200 Data Sharing and Survey Programme Integration  Click here to view pdf 1650kb

Caron Montgomery -Scientific Adviser - Marine Biodiversity (Natural Environment Group Science Division, DEFRA)


1220:  Questions and Answers


1230:  Lunch


Session 4:Other Data Gathering Programmes

1330: An overview of the FRS Marine Laboratory's data gathering programme Click here to view pdf 1068kb

Derek Moore - Group Leader for Offshore Energy Environmental Advice (FRS Marine Laboratory)


1350: Future survey data gathering programmes at The Crown Estate Click here to view pdf 1109kb

Christine Sams - Technical Manager (The Crown Estate)


1410:  Joint Nature Conservation Committee: Data Gathering Programme Click here to view pdf 1603kb

Neil Golding - Offshore Data and Survey Manager (Marine Protected Sites Team, JNCC)


1430:  Nearshore bathymetric surveys by the Strategic Regional Coastal Monitoring Programmes of England Click here to view pdf 2122kb

Dr Travis Mason - Channel Coastal Observatory (National Oceanography Centre, Southampton)


1450:  The Regional Environmental Assessment approach and the Marine Aggregate Levy Fund Click here to view pdf 400kb

Mark Russell - Director (BMAPA Marine Aggregates)


1510: Coffee


1530: British Geological Survey - Hydrographic Data Gathering and “Safeguarding our Seas”  Click here to view pdf 1773kb

Bob Gatliff - Head of Science (British Geological Survey)


1550:  CEFAS: Data Gathering Programme Click here to view pdf 1183kb

David Limpenny - Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (CEFAS)


1610: Questions and Answers


1620: Close: Rob Spillard - Hydrography Manager (Maritime and Coastguard Agency)


Unfortunately due to the size of the presentations we have had to convert them into PDF format.  Because of this it means that any media contained within the presentations will not be shown.  

If you wish to receive a copy of any of the COSH Presentations from the seminar, please do not hesitate to contact me on the details below.

Carl Gardner - Hydrography Specialist Support

Tel: 02380 329145

Fax: 02380 329204

E-Mail: carl.gardner@mcga.gov.uk