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BMT Joins Seabed 2030
Source: BMT
The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project has announced a new partnership with BMT to share expertise and best practice, and to engage with the wider geospatial and maritime communities in support of Seabed 2030’s mission to accelerate ocean mapping
Operating from an international network of offices across the Americas, Asia Pacific and Europe, BMT’s work spans maritime design, technical consultancy and digital innovation supporting safer, more efficient and more sustainable operations for government, industry and infrastructure owners
Across Australia and the wider Asia Pacific region, BMT is expanding its maritime capabilities, delivering system assurance and sustainability services for complex and critical assets ranging from offshore renewable energy and port infrastructure to commercial and naval vessels. The collaboration with Seabed 2030 complements this work by connecting BMT’s expertise in maritime design, asset monitoring, and environmental and climate solutions with a global initiative focused on improving our understanding of the ocean floor.
Graeme Nayler, BMT’s Managing Director, said: “Better seabed information helps governments and marine operators make safer and more informed decisions across the asset lifecycle, from planning and design through operations, sustainment and decommissioning
“Through this collaboration, and by contributing to a broader international effort to map the seabed, BMT will contribute practical experience in maritime data collection, environmental science and digital systems to support Seabed 2030. As we continue to grow across Australia and the wider APAC region, complementary partnerships like this reinforce our focus on evidence-based decisions, resilient infrastructure and sustainable outcomes across the maritime domain.”
BMT will support the initiative through its maritime data and digital capabilities, including the Deep Blue Project and the BMT DEEP platform. The Deep Blue Project combines autonomous surface vessels, metocean sensors, and advanced analytics to enable persistent, real-time maritime data collection, helping to unlock new approaches to coastal monitoring, port operations, and offshore renewable energy projects
BMT DEEP is a cloud-based analytics and asset data platform technology that turns complex metocean and asset data into predictive insights, supporting smarter, safer and more sustainable decisions for offshore assets and coastal infrastructure
Together, these capabilities improve how seabed and environmental data is gathered, integrated and used, supporting the shift from static datasets to decision-ready information services
As a partner, BMT will work with Seabed 2030’s Regional Centres and wider contributor network to identify opportunities where autonomous data collection, advanced analytics and digital decision-support tools can accelerate the capture and use of bathymetric data. In Australia, this also reflects a wider market shift towards integrated monitoring, digitalisation and risk-based decision-making in ports, coastal infrastructure and maritime operations
Seabed 2030 is a collaborative project between The Nippon Foundation and the General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO), which seeks to inspire the complete mapping of the world’s ocean, and to compile all the data into the freely available GEBCO Ocean Map
The Project is formally endorsed as a Decade Action of the UN Ocean Decade. GEBCO is a joint programme of the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO, and is the only organisation with a mandate to map the entire ocean floor
All data collected and shared with the Seabed 2030 Project is included in the free and publicly available GEBCO global grid, ensuring that partners’ contributions benefit and inform governments, industries, researchers and communities worldwide
