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The glider mission within the framework of DELTA and THINKinAZUL projects successfully concludes in waters of La Palma Island
The surrounding waters of the new lava deltas on the coast of Tazacorte, La Palma, hosted the DELTA-THINK 2025_1 scientific mission for three weeks of continuous operation, synergistically between the DELTA and ThinkinAzul projects, and which has been carried out with an underwater glider of the PLOCAN autonomous marine vehicles (VIMAS) fleet. The glider, configured
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
PLOCAN joins the EXAIL- Maritime User Conference 2025
The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) joined a new edition of the Maritime Users Conference, an event on Marine Autonomous Systems (MASS) organized by the technology-based company EXAIL, which annually brings together world-leading users and operators in the sector representing the development and service provider industry, academia, research, government agencies and regulatory entities
PLOCAN’s autonomous ocean-vehicles fleet annual contribution to the ocean observing strategy
The fleet of autonomous ocean-vehicles of the Canary Islands Oceanic Platform (PLOCAN) has carried out various scientific, technical and training missions in 2024, totaling 133 days of sea-operations, with a navigation record of approximately 1.800 nautical miles, highlighting operations conducted in the waters of the Azores and Lisbon, and across the North and South shore
Annual Meeting of the Spanish Committee of Glider Operators (CEOG)
The Canary Islands Government delegation in Madrid hosted this week the annual meeting of the national Working Group on ocean gliders, currently joined by five institutions: AZTI (Basque Country), IEO/CSIC – Spanish Institute of Oceanography/Council for Scientific Research ( Madrid and Santander), SOCIB – Coastal Observation System (Balearic Islands), ULPGC – University of Las Palmas
International leading ocean-sensing manufacturers meets at PLOCAN
The European project Metrology for integrated marine management and knowledge transfer network (MINKE) held a work session within the framework of the 14th edition of the Glider School hosted by the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) MINKE, led by the Institute of Marine Sciences of the Spanish Research Council (ICM-CSIC) and joined by
PLOCAN’s VIMAS fleet monitors the waters of Tazacorte within the framework of the DELTA project
The surrounding waters the new lava deltas on the coast of Tazacorte (La Palma island) keeps hosting diverse studies of different scope by the national and international scientific community, which represents and converts this area into a natural laboratory of unique characteristics for the development and application of ocean sciences and technologies, the context in
PLOCAN joins the Annual Meeting of the American Underwater Glider Operators Association
The American Association of Underwater Glider Operators (UG2) has held its 2024’s Annual Assembly of members and users at the headquarters of the University of Michigan (USA), where about three hundred attendees have gathered representing research centers, universities, government agencies, etc. as members. The event has also had a significant presence and active participation of
PLOCAN contribution to the IUGC2024 international conference on glider technologies
The headquarters of the Voice of the Ocean (VOTO) Foundation in Gothenburg (Sweden) hosts the biannual international conference on autonomous marine glider technologies (from English, glider), under the name IUGC2024, with the attendance of nearly 200 delegates representing user groups and operators worldwide, and the leading manufacturers of this type of cutting-edge ocean-observing systems. The
Transnational access to PLOCAN’s VIMAS fleet within the framework of the European project JERICO-S3
The Setubal Submarine Canyon waters (Sesimbra, Portugal) have been the scene where technicians from the Instituto Hidrográfico da Marinha (IH) and PLOCAN have put into operation an underwater glider from the NRP Andrómeda in order to undertake a four-weeks scientific mission within the framework of the JERICO-S3 project. The activity, called CBONDEX-TNA, is a transnational