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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.

A delegation of students and teachers from the IES Politécnico Las Palmas visits PLOCAN

A delegation of students and teachers from the IES Politécnico Las Palmas visits PLOCAN

Students and teachers of the higher cycle in specialized training of the IES Politécnico Las Palmas visited the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) in order to know about the facilities, capacities and activities that the Singular Scientific Technical Infrastructure (ICTS) currently has and undertakes. Attendees had the opportunity to learn first-hand about the

LEER NOTICIA 10/02/2025
First SEAS project meeting at PLOCAN

First SEAS project meeting at PLOCAN

LEER NOTICIA 06/02/2025
PLOCAN strengthens its commitment to decarbonizing the maritime sector by joining the Net-Zero Mar Alliance

PLOCAN strengthens its commitment to decarbonizing the maritime sector by joining the Net-Zero Mar Alliance

LEER NOTICIA 06/02/2025
Senior students from ULPGC show interest in PLOCAN’s activities

Senior students from ULPGC show interest in PLOCAN’s activities

LEER NOTICIA 05/02/2025

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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