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Operator-Centered Enhancement of Awareness in Navigation

The OCEAN Project (Operator-Centred Enhancement of Awareness in Navigation) augments navigator’s capabilities to improve safety, reduce incidents and mitigate whale strikes.

OCEAN: Human-Centred Innovation

Around 3,000 maritime incidents occur every year in the European maritime fleet.
28% of these accidents are categorised as severe or very severe accidents.

The OCEAN project is focused on enhancing operator awareness in navigation, to reduce the frequency of severe accidents like collision and grounding, to preserve the life of marine mammals, and to mitigate the risk presented by floating obstacles.

The OCEAN Mission

Awareness

Raise awareness to increase safety and reduce whale strikes and maritime accidents.

Ambition

Contribute to the mitigation of navigational accidents, supporting ship navigators and protect marine wildlife.

Technology

Developing the use of AI, Algorithms and machine learning to increase navigational safety.

Innovation

Strive to reduce the resulting human, environmental and economic losses through socio-technical innovations.

Training

Recommend improvements and amendments to regulations, standards and bridge equipment design approaches.

The OCEAN Reporting App

The OCEAN Reporting App allows users to log hazards such as floating containers and cetaceans, with a focus on preserving large whales, which are at the highest risk.

By adopting the OCEAN Reporting App, stakeholders can initiate localised micro-systems for free, creating synergy between existing systems and data sets.

Together, we can make maritime traffic smarter, safer, and more sustainable.

Get the App. Download the User Guide.

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