Succorfish is one of the world's leading tracking companies and works closely with SEA-Tech in Ireland and worldwide leading authorities to develop and manufacture intelligent, cutting edge asset tracking systems and data transfer technology.
Video clip featuring the very first images captured by our new motion sensor triggered camera on Spike Island.
What is Marine Data Communication?
A couple of years ago SEA-Tech delivered a presentation in the National Maritime College of Ireland, for the INS, CMRC, IMERC, and Transas about the potential risk of DoS attack agains AIS systems equiping ships over 300GT (over 100 000 vessels around the world). Although it never been seriously intended the conclusions of this presentation led people to think nothing should ever replace entirely aboard a ship the presence of human inteligence.
There are days, when you wake up and you have no idea what you are about to step into... Today was one of those days. A page of history was written by Bruno Sroka and his team... and what a team!! Great people, strong minded, simply inpiring!
Today started bright and early with a stopover by the naval base of Haulbowline to discuss with Commander William Roberts of the best possible approach for Bruno in the next few days. Commander Roberts was in 2012 the commanding officer taking STY Creidne to the tall ship.
Landing to Ireland, with almost no wind, can be challenging. Hopefully, the National Space Centre in Elfordstown also contributed imediatly and we got invaluable information for Bruno that could not be found anywhere on the internet.
After challenging Cap Horn in 2008, the English Channel in 2012 in five hours and many other extreme kite surfing challenges, Bruno Sroka (Kite Surf World Champion) will be coming to Ireland in the next coming days.
Today RTE News (Paschal Sheehy) mentionned the databuoy we worked on in June. Our colleagues Judy Rea and Gerry Sutton explained the importance of the Beaufort lab, envisionned by Prof Tony Lewis and officialy announced on a sod turning ceremony by Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Simon Coveney. Marine Data Communication is a direct condition for collecting information at sea. SeaFi will be instrumental in the development of marine energy in Ireland.
If you think marine IT and space are not related, you are wrong! C-Sigma for the next couple of days will be hosting C-Sigma, the major event this year in matter of maritime surveillance. Someone said once you can't see if you are too close from the picture, well this is exactly what this is when it comes to martime surveillance for SAR, AIS, VTS, but also natural resources. C-Sigma IV brings to Ireland heavy weight of Satelite Technology. Invited by the Irish Naval Service, SEA-Tech will post images and reflections about satcoms and marine IT.
Francis Joyon is a French professional sail boat racer and yachtsman, holding the record for the fastest single-handed sailing circumnavigation, however and since a few days he is the fastest man on the Atlantic too, catch me if you can! Just above 5 days and 2 hours, Francis Joyon demonstrate (one more time) that Marine ICT and sailing are definitly working together. Talking of technology one cannot quote Francis Joyon and not to mention his long time routeur and comrade Jean Yves Bernot.
We were very pleased to welcome today Irish Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Leo Varadkar and party in our lab in the National Maritime College. We discussed with him our projects for marine data communication such as SeaFi and over the horizon long distance marine data exchanges as alternative to satelite communication.
Cork, National Maritime College of Ireland - We are very pleased to announce that SEA-Tech signed today a distribution agreement for Ireland.
Succorfish is one of the world's leading tracking companies and works closely with leading authorities to develop and manufacture intelligent, cutting edge asset tracking and data transfer systems. Easy to use, 'fit and forget' asset tracking systems are made for use in the most harshest of environments, regardless of use.
On Friday the 25th of January Sea-Tech were invited to brief Minister for Jobs and Innovation, Sean Sherlock, on their ongoing work with a number of key clients including the Irish Naval Service and a number of private sector clients.
The focus of the Ministers visit was to establish the levels of innovation and potential job creation through companies such as Sea-Tech and their partners (Skytec and Nova Networks) under the centralised facility of IMERC.