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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.

NEWS

PLOCAN presents its contribution to the 10 challenges of the Decade of the Oceans at the Barcelona Conference

PLOCAN presents its contribution to the 10 challenges of the Decade of the Oceans at the Barcelona Conference

The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) has participated in the United Nations Conference on the Oceans, held in Barcelona to discuss the health of the planet’s seas and oceans, presenting a poster poster summarising the contribution of its last 100 projects to the 10 challenges set by the Conference for the Decade of

READ ARTICLE 17/04/2024
PLOCAN announces the XIV Glider School edition

PLOCAN announces the XIV Glider School edition

READ ARTICLE 16/04/2024
The AMOC at the Real Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País de Santa Cruz de La Palma

The AMOC at the Real Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País de Santa Cruz de La Palma

READ ARTICLE 12/04/2024
The educational boat “El Hierro Mar Salitre y Lava” goes into the Caribbean Sea after 325 days of navigation

The educational boat “El Hierro Mar Salitre y Lava” goes into the Caribbean Sea after 325 days of navigation

READ ARTICLE 10/04/2024

SERVICES

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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