Sustainable Marine Industry

Whether it be the exploitation of marine and submarine resources, shipping or any other sea or coastal activity, all stakeholders of the marine industry face environmental issues.

Sustainable Marine Industry - The main technological challenges

• Ensuring the sustainability of marine activities
• Managing the ecological impact of these activities on coastal and deep environments
• Assessing the cumulative impact of maritime activities
• Improving the energy efficiency of ships and engines
• Developing innovative pollution-control systems
• Conservation of marine biological resources
• Development of new materials and processes
• Design of "non-standard" structures (aquaculture farms, offshore habitats)

Laboratories and testing facilities of this axis:

Laboratories

• GeM - Research Institute in Civil and Mechanical Engineering
• RDT - Recherches et Développements Technologiques
• LHEEA - Research Laboratory in Hydrodynamics, Energetics and Atmospheric Environment
• DYNECO - DYNamiques des Écosystèmes CÔtiers
• EEP - Unité de recherche Études des Écosystèmes Profonds
• EMH - Ecologie et Modèles pour l'Halieutique
• Marbec - MARine Biodiversity, Exploitation and Conservation

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
• DATARMOR Infrastructure de stockage, traitement et calcul pour les données marines
• Pôle Spectrométrie Océan
• Infrastructures aquacoles de l'Ifremer

Projects from the 1st Carnot MERS call for projects on this axis:

• Durabilité des élasto-MERS : expériences et modèles | RDT (Ifremer)