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Open call for 9 indefinite-term employment positions to work at the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN).

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We build, equip and operate a set of marine infrastructures for research in the field of marine sciences and technologies.

The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) is a public Consortium created in 2007 between the then Ministry of Education and Science, now Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness (MINECO), and the Government of the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands, with the aim of building, equipping and operating a set of marine infrastructures for research in the field of marine sciences and technologies.

NEWS

Seasonal ocean-observations program in the Canary Islands: EMSO-ESTOC-RAPROCAN

Seasonal ocean-observations program in the Canary Islands: EMSO-ESTOC-RAPROCAN

PLOCAN, the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO) and the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC) continue to promote and strengthen their collaboration in the ocean-observing strategy in the Canary Islands through the seasonal program based on glider missions at the Time-Series station ESTOC (deep node of the PLOCAN Integrated Observatory) and Deep Radial

READ ARTICLE 23/11/2023
Marine Science with PLOCAN at the Canary Islands Science and Innovation Weeks 2023

Marine Science with PLOCAN at the Canary Islands Science and Innovation Weeks 2023

READ ARTICLE 21/11/2023
PLOCAN at the VIII Gambuesa Científica 2023.

PLOCAN at the VIII Gambuesa Científica 2023.

READ ARTICLE 16/11/2023
PLOCAN distinguished with the Offshore Wind Award by the Offshore Wind Congress

PLOCAN distinguished with the Offshore Wind Award by the Offshore Wind Congress

READ ARTICLE 08/11/2023

SERVICES

Data service

It consists of providing the data acquired by a set of Lagrangian observation systems, mainly based on autonomous marine vehicles and drifter buoys.

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Hosting service

Testing capabilities are offered, at various scales, for experimental fixed and floating devices, special structures, testing of components in the marine environment, operational performance testing of marine technologies, optimisation of equipment at sea and, in general, any testing of experimental technologies, concepts or services in the marine environment.

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Marine technical operations service with VIMAS

The VIMAS facility provides access to the fleet of gliders, ROVs and ASVs based in the Canary Islands.

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Marine operations service on the Offshore Ocean Platform

The Offshore Ocean Platform facility provides efficient access to the ocean at increasing depths in an environmentally sustainable manner.

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