Safe Marine Industry

The high operating costs and constraints of the marine environment, exacerbated in deep environments, compel us to limit the risks endured by offshore infrastructures.

A safe marine industry – the main technological challenges

• Increase our knowledge of marine ecosystems,
• Develop processes for oceanographic exploration and high-performance production methods,
• Safe exploration of new resources in ultra-deep waters
• Anticipate the behaviour and interactions of offshore structures in their environment
• Develop reliable and safe offshore production structures (from the laboratory to offshore test sites),
• Develop and protect the coastline,
• Identification and modelisation of underwater hazards.

Laboratories

• GM - Géosciences Marines
• LGO - Laboratoire Géosciences Océan
• GeM - Research Institute in Civil and Mechanical Engineering
• LHEEA - Research Laboratory in Hydrodynamics, Energetics and Atmospheric Environment
• DYNECO - DYNamiques des Ecosystèmes CÔtiers

Testing facilities

• SEM-REV - Centrale Nantes offshore test site
• Plateforme d'essais de l'Ifremer, Ste Anne du Portzic
• Centrale Nantes Ocean Tanks
• Moyens d'essais hydrodynamiques et mécaniques de l'Ifremer
• Centrale Nantes Dynamic and static test center
• Pôle Spectrométrie Océan de l'Ifremer
• Centrale Nantes structural testing floor
• DATARMOR Infrastructure de stockage, traitement et calcul pour les données marines de l'Ifremer
• Infrastructures aquacoles de l'Ifremer