National Oceanography Centre (NOC)

Registration open for the Marine Autonomy & Technology Showcase 2023

The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) has announced the opening of registration for this year’s Marine and Autonomy Technology Showcase (MATS), taking place from 7–9 November 2023 at the NOC in Southampton.

Award for NOC partner company Marlan Maritime Technologies

Award for NOC partner company Marlan Maritime Technologies

NOC business partner Marlan Maritime Technologies has won the prestigious Merseyside Innovation Award 2017 this week.

NOC and University of Liverpool renew working partnership agreement

Professor Janet Beer, Vice Chancellor of the University of Liverpool

The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) and the University of Liverpool have renewed their formal working relationship with the signing of a new agreement on board RRS Discovery, which arrived in Liverpool on Tuesday morning for a series of public events.

New technology for remotely mapping beaches

Shells on a beach

Science and industry will now be able to map beaches and sandbanks without getting any feet wet. This follows three years of collaborative research resulting in a new commercial licence between National Oceanography Centre (NOC) and Marlan Maritime Technologies to sell new coastal mapping technology.

NOC reaffirms commitment to European Marine Board

The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) has reaffirmed its commitment to working alongside other European countries for the advancement of ocean science, by becoming one of the founding members of the reformed European Marine Board following its transformation to a new legal entity as an international non-profit association under Belgian law (IVZW).

Technology partnership to provide vital new information to coastal engineers

Coasts

The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) has entered into a two year Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) with Marlan Maritime Technologies Ltd to develop innovative remote sensing services for the survey of intertidal zones.

Liverpool Institute for Sustainable Coasts and Oceans launched

Prof. Janet Beer of the University of Liverpool and Prof. Ed Hill of the NOC

The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) and the University of Liverpool have entered into a new strategic partnership creating the Liverpool Institute for Sustainable Coasts and Oceans (LISCO).

Fifty years of Discovery and ocean exploration

RRS Discovery in Empress Dock, Southampton

The 50th anniversary of the launch of the Royal Research Ship Discovery will be marked on 2 July 2012. This will be her last year of service, a half-century of science that has included surveying the ocean floor, measuring ocean currents, monitoring climate change, and discovering new species around the globe.

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