Blue Ocean Research Alliance (BORA)

United Nations endorses the BORA Blue Ocean Research Alliance® programme

Welcoming Subsea7 Executive Vice President Olivier Blaringhem to NOC in Southampton today to run through the exciting projects being developed by the BORA Blue Ocean Research Alliance®.

The UK’s leading ocean research institution, the National Oceanography Centre (NOC), and Subsea7, a global leader in delivering offshore projects and services for the energy industry, are proud to have received endorsement from the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development for their BORA Blue Ocean Research Alliance®.

Breakthrough development allows data to be collected from unseen parts of the ocean

BORAbox®
  • New development by the National Oceanography Centre integrates novel sensor technology into routine offshore infrastructure and operations
  • BORAbox® will be part of the routine payload on commercial remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) and other infrastructure that work in areas of the oceans that are often inaccessible to scientists