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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.

Alliance of the Canary Islands, the Azores, Madeira, Cabo Verde, Senegal and São Tomé and Príncipe to Develop an Integrated Digital Twin of the Ocean for Macaronesia

Alliance of the Canary Islands, the Azores, Madeira, Cabo Verde, Senegal and São Tomé and Príncipe to Develop an Integrated Digital Twin of the Ocean for Macaronesia

The Canary Islands, the Azores, Madeira, Cabo Verde, Senegal and São Tomé and Príncipe will collaborate on the development of an integrated Digital Twin of the Ocean for Macaronesia to improve innovation in strategic blue economy sectors, under the European project OCEAN-X, led by the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN). The OCEAN-X partners

LEER NOTICIA 04/11/2026
Marine technology and underwater acoustics expert John Potter leads a webinar at PLOCAN on Distributed Acoustic Sensing as part of the European ATLAS project

Marine technology and underwater acoustics expert John Potter leads a webinar at PLOCAN on Distributed Acoustic Sensing as part of the European ATLAS project

LEER NOTICIA 29/10/2026
PLOCAN and ITC strengthen their strategic partnership to promote sustainable aquaculture in Macaronesia

PLOCAN and ITC strengthen their strategic partnership to promote sustainable aquaculture in Macaronesia

LEER NOTICIA 20/10/2026
Tenerife Technology Park hosts the first Spanish edition of Ocean Hackathon®

Tenerife Technology Park hosts the first Spanish edition of Ocean Hackathon®

LEER NOTICIA 18/10/2026

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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