If you are driving into Southampton down the Avenue and are stopped by the traffic lights at Bassett Crossroads, look to your left. The Brand new building you will see there is the result of a collaboration between Southampton University and Lloyds Register of Shipping. It further reinforces Southampton's claim to be a centre of … Continue reading New Marine Research Centre for Southampton
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SPS Newsletter number 2
The second SPS e-mail newsletter has been published and sent to over 300 recipients. Why not join our e-mail List to receive a personal copy of future newsletters? To sign up, click on the 'Subscribe' button on the Home page of this website. Click here to go to the Home page, and scroll to the … Continue reading SPS Newsletter number 2
Solent Protection Society AGM December 2013
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Will the weather work – Bramblemet still down
Graham Rabbitts, an SPS Council Member, says "Every morning, I go to Solent Now to check on the situation in the Solent - shipping, current weather and forecast. "Last week, Sotonmet (the weather station at Dock Head in Southampton) began to become erratic, and Bramblemet (The weather station on the radar post in mid Solent) … Continue reading Will the weather work – Bramblemet still down
Coastguard NMOC starts to take shape
Although we shall be losing the Coastguard station at Lee on Solent, the new National Marine Operations Centre to be based at Segensworth, near Fareham will offer fully modern facilities with the Solent area as one of its primary functions. Work has already started on installing, testing and commissioning the new systems on which modern … Continue reading Coastguard NMOC starts to take shape
The October Storm
The Met Office got it just about right. But the Solent got off relatively lightly. The main band of winds seems to have headed along the M4 corridor. Even so coastal winds reached almost 100 mph at the Needles. In mid Channel waves built up to 5 metres high. At Chichester harbour entrance, in the … Continue reading The October Storm
New Port Director for ABP Southampton
Following the announcement that Port Director, Doug Morrison, is to retire in December, ABP have announced that Nick Ridhalgh, currently ABP Short Sea Ports Director is to take over. The Daily Echo has a full report Doug Morrison has seen the size of container ships double and has overseen a huge increase in both the … Continue reading New Port Director for ABP Southampton
Tornado at Hayling Island
An estimated £100,000 damage was done by a tornado at Hayling Island over the weekend
Changes in Solent Coastguard become clearer
The BBC H2O show has raised the profile of the Coastguard reorganisation debate. There is a BBC article that summarises the position . At Solent Protection Society, we have been concerned about the impact of these changes on Solent users. We went to see Peter Dymond, Chief Coastguard, and an account of that discussion led … Continue reading Changes in Solent Coastguard become clearer
Coastguard debate continues
Richard Drax, the Dorset MP, continues to argue against the Coastguard 'cuts', as reported in a BBC article. We remain concerned about this too, but when we talked to Coastguard, they made a number of points which ought to be taken into account While the control centres are being closed, these have not had visual … Continue reading Coastguard debate continues
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