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PLOCAN strengthens ocean observation in the Canary Islands with more than 200 days of operation of its fleet of autonomous marine vehicles
The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) consolidates its role as a strategic infrastructure for ocean monitoring in the north-eastern Atlantic. Through state-of-the-art autonomous technologies and intensive collaboration with universities, research centres and companies, PLOCAN has promoted the generation of essential data for science, maritime safety and sustainability during 2025, contributing to improving knowledge
Annual meeting 2025 of the Spanish Committee of Glider Operators (CEOG)
The Spanish Committee of Glider Operators (CEOG) held its annual meeting in Madrid this week to reinforce a common roadmap that optimises the deployment and interoperability of the national fleet of marine gliders and consolidates Spain’s contribution to the future European Glider Infrastructure, aligning capabilities, services and technological developments among the country’s main operational nodes.
The ESTOC 2025_2 glider mission has been successfully completed, reinforcing the seasonal ocean observation strategy in the Canary Islands
The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (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 underwater glider “Slocum Sentinel Redwing” begins a pioneering five-year mission to circumnavigate the planet’s oceans and whose first stop will be Gran Canaria
The surrounding waters of Martha’s Vineyard, island located Southwards of the Cape Cod peninsula (Massachusetts, USA), have been the scene of the beginning of the Sentinel Redwing mission, a pioneering and ambitious voyage led by Teledyne Marine (USA) in collaboration with the RU-COOL laboratory of Rutgers University (USA) and a large and multidisciplinary group of
2025’s seasonal ocean observation glider program at the ESTOC-EMSO time series station
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
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