Marine pollution
- Innovations that matter

Oil spill prevention and response

45 years of experience have given us world-leading knowledge in the field. The applications for our solutions are used world-wide.

Algae and organic pollutions

Developing systems covering the value chain to combat hazard micro-and macro algae, both in national and international waters.

Plastic in the oceans

By combining autonomous and stationary solutions, our goal is to clean up and reuse plastic ending up in the ocean. Through our sustainable solutions, waste gain value into new products.

Oil spill prevention and response

45 years of experience have given us world-leading knowledge in the field. The applications for our solutions are used world-wide.

Algae and organic pollutions

Developing systems covering the value chain to combat hazard micro-and macro algae, both in national and international waters.

Plastic in the oceans

By combining autonomous and stationary solutions, our goal is to clean up and reuse plastic ending up in the ocean. Through our sustainable solutions, waste gain value into new products.

We have many members,

and always welcome new ones.

Join NOSCA Clean Oceans’ network to boost your company’s potential to cooperate, influence and expand in the national and international markets.

Members

Employees

Norwegian Innovation Cluster dedicated to handle the global marine pollution challenge

Vision

NOSCA Clean Oceans will be a world leader in marine protection against oil spills, algae and plastic waste.

Vision

NOSCA Clean Oceans will be a world leader in marine protection against oil spills, plastic waste and algae.

Vision

NOSCA Clean Oceans will be a world leader in marine protection against oil spills, plastic waste and algae.

NOSCA Clean Oceans - our ambitions

Vision

NOSCA Clean Oceans will be a world leader in marine protection against oil spills, plastic waste and algae.

Mission

NOSCA Clean Oceans will be an arena where members collaborate to develop relevant technology, services, value chains and markets for detection, classification and management of marine oil spills, plastic waste and undesirable effects of algae. The collaboration will give the members a competitive and adaptive edge that they cannot create on their own.

Main Objectives

NOSCA Clean Oceans will create international market leaders in the detection, classification and handling of marine oil spills, plastic waste and (toxic) algae, through increased restructuring and innovation.

NOSCA Clean Oceans - our ambitions

Vision

NOSCA Clean Oceans will be a world leader in marine protection against oil spills, plastic waste and algae.

Mission

Main Objectives

NOSCA Clean Oceans - our ambitions

Vision

NOSCA Clean Oceans will be a world leader in marine protection against oil spills, plastic waste and algae.

Mission

Main Objectives

From the news

Apr 05, 2022

Hold Norge Rent-Conference and NTNU Ocean Week, May 3, 2022

Cluster Activities

Mar 08, 2022

Innovation Sprint – Bergen 02.02.22

Cluster Activities NOSCA News

Oct 06, 2021

Forum for fremtidas oljevern

NOSCA News Oil spill prevention and response

Our members

Technology, competence and know-how

Clean Sea Solutions AS is a Norwegian Impact StartUp with the purpose of contributing to creating a cleaner and more sustainable future for the sea by offering modularized stationery, autonomous and manned technical solutions in order to establish and preserve Clean Water Zones in ports, marinas, canals, rivers, and other waterfront areas.

Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (HVL) is one of the largest educational institutions in the country, with about 17,000 students.
Every year around 4500 candidates graduate from HVL and contribute to important societal missions in companies, organizations and other parts of working life.
HVL stretches over 5 campuses and 400 kilometers on the western coast of Norway. The university offers a broad range of academic programmes at Bachelor’s, Master’s and PhD level.

Jason Engineering AS is the leading company in design and manufacturing of dispersant spraying systems for offshore supply/stand-by vessels and large ocean going tugs with total spray width up to 30 meters. These systems are designed for spraying neat or diluted dispersant onto oil slick on the sea surface. The system is in accordance with NOFO standard and recommendations and verified in close cooperation with SINTEF – Norway.

From our headquarters in Norway, we have pioneered the ground segment business since 1968. We give access to satellites and being able to do so, we have heavily invested in, and built a network of global ground stations. It consists of more than 200 remotely controlled antennas. With 25 sites worldwide, we provide optimised locations for satellites in polar, inclined and equatorial orbits. In addition, we offer Earth Observation services with the fastest available delivery times.

The Norwegian Coastal Administration (NCA) is a government agency that provides public services on behalf of the ministry of Transport and Communications. Our primary responsibility is to safeguard and develop the coastal areas and seaways for all users. The Norwegian Coastal Administration (NCA) is a government agency that provides public services on behalf of the ministry of Transport and Communications. Our primary responsibility is to safeguard and develop the coastal areas and seaways for all users.

The Norwegian Centre for Oil Spill Preparedness and Marine Environment is a public centre of expertise. Our vision is a clean ocean. Our social mission is to be a national knowledge hub, we aim to help develop technology and spread knowledge about oil spill preparedness and marine litter pollution.

Maritime Robotics is a leading provider of innovative unmanned solutions for maritime operations and data acquisition. The company produces Unmanned Surface Vehicle Systems (USV), Moored Balloon Systems (MBS) and Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS); concentrating on delivering high-quality system solutions that are highly deployable, cost-effective, and reduce HSE risk exposure.

Miros is a technology company that specialises in measuring the ocean surface. The company provides sensors and systems for environmental monitoring to the global offshore and maritime industry. Our portfolio of sensors provides accurate, real-time data for weather-sensitive operations offshore, as well as offering input to asset integrity systems and coastal monitoring.

NOFI is an innovative industrial corporation concerned with the development, manufacture and sale of products and services all over the world, primarily within the maritime sector. Focus on innovation and diversification are important strategies that enables the corporation to offer special competence and quality products within several market areas.

NORBIT Aptomar provides integrated monitoring solutions for the maritime sector. We deliver 24/7 services, sensors and sensor platforms used for a large number of monitoring, detection and reporting tasks, such as detection of oil spills and other chemicals to the sea, air pollution, vessel traffic management and observations of marine life.

NorLense is one of the world’s leading companies within development and manufacturing of Oil Spill Emergency Equipment and Inflatable, high pressure Tents. We will work with you every step of the way to a full oil spill recovery system that fits your needs. From design, choice of equipment, training of personnel and even on-scene command at your request.

NovuMare has earned widespread reputation for quality in environmental services. For our O&G clients we provide a comprehensive range of services such as consultancy, accredited training, preparedness, incident response and crisis management. To contractors we offer various
types of physical barriers (surface and water column) and relevant automated environmental monitoring services.

Ogoori offers traceable plastic raw material collected from the ocean with a guarantee of origin and story. Ogoori coordinates a regenerative value chain, where we receive the ownerless marine waste from beach cleaner partners, manage research and development with research institutions, and through our industrial partners, the industrial process turning it to plastic granulate. This will be offered to the market in a subscription model named Material as a Service (MaaS).

SINTEF Ocean conducts research and innovation related to ocean space for national and international industries. Our ambition is to continue Norway's leading position in marine technology and bio marine research. SINTEF has a long tradition for being a knowledge supplier and a good partner for Norwegian companies. We will continue to be so in the future, and through SINTEF Ocean we have established a centre of gravity for marine and maritime research, both in Norway and internationally.

SpillTech is a developer of robust technology for removal of waste from rivers, ports and coastal areas. Our products are proven and robust technology based on experience from oil spill recovery. Waste floating on water has a similar behaviour as oil. This is our technological background for developing products ranging from weir skimmer solutions, up to an advanced autonomous robot.

TESS is a nationwide supplier of products and services to the MRO market i Norway. Our core products are hoses and hose fittings for all purpses with corresponding services. TESS is also a leading operator in the welding industri. Our prouducts are distributed through approx. 140 service centers in Norway and 7 other countries.

The University of Bergen (UiB) is an internationally recognised research university. Academic diversity and high quality are fundamental for us. UiB is the most cited university in Norway. There are seven faculties at UiB and there are close to 18 500 students at the university. Around 2 000 of these are international students. We employ more than 4 000 faculty and staff.

Good work - easy done. Clear Ocean offers easy-to-use and affordable tools for Plastic Catch at sea. Clear Ocean develops trawls dedicated for collecting plastic waste at the sea surface. Our "Plastic #x" is a scalable and affordable device. It is easy to put together and can be operated by one person in a boat. Our concept "Plastic Patrol" combines plastic catch with PR and an advice to the public not to throw any waste into the sea. Suitable for Port Authorities, NGOs, and environmental oriented companies - small or big. To be used in channels, harbor areas, in rivers and in open sea with high density of floating waste.

CombiPro focuses particulates being a residue that escapes industrial purification technology. Using nanosized magnetic particles, that binds onto such particulates, magnetic interaction enables effective removal. The method is named NanoClean can be integrated to enhance existing equipment for purification of fluids such as: oily water, algal cells, polymers etc.

eSEA Marie aims to be a pioneer in use and development of new technology that can contribute to provide customers and partners with sustainable and cost efficient marine solutions.

The Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA) is Norway’s leading institute for fundamental and applied research on marine and freshwaters. Our research comprises a wide array of environmental, climatic and resource-related fields. NIVA’s world-class expertise is multidisciplinary with a broad scientific scope. We combine research, monitoring, evaluation, problem-solving and advisory services at international, national and local levels.

Jemar AS is a Norwegian builder of workboats for the anti-pollution/oil spill recovery industry, seismic industry, harbours, crew change, tugging, aquamarine and fishing. We have maritime connection back to 1917. The boats are built in glass fibre reinforced polyester (GRP) and come in different models, sizes and are built after customers’ demands. The Jemar AS workboats are built on well-proven technology, where performance, trustworthiness and easy maintenance are the pillars in its creation and design.

PGS is an integrated Marine Geophysical Company
· Acquisition · Imaging · Geoscience
Numbers in short:
· Approximately 1000 employees
· Represented in 16 countries
· Operating 5 high end seismic vessels world wide
PGS has over the last years engaged in various environmental initiatives. We have shared a lot of data from our vessels with institutions and universities for free.
And we have launched initiatives to use our surplus vessels in lay-up for plastic waste removal.

H. Henriksen AS is a technology company with a long and proud history within the maritime and the offshore sector. The company has a strong position within safe MOB boat lifting operations, Launch & Recovery systems for offshore vessels, Oil Spill Recovery systems and Entering and Boarding Systems for both maritime and urban environments. Henriksen was founded in 1856 based on the maritime industry, and is located in South-East Norway. Henriksen has a brand vision that is rooted in over 165 years of experience. Our vision has been shaped by our founding fathers and many generations of forefathers. Their first-hand experience and challenges has over time proven the true overreaching vision to for Henriksen to always look forward with the intent of creating safer operational conditions. We are committed to create safer operational conditions worldwide. The Henriksen slogan is “Reducing Operational Risk".

Quality Insurance – when needed at most.
With our range of products and services, we have high capacity system solutions for recovering any kind of crude or refined oil,
whether on the sea surface from an oil spill, from grounded or sunken vessels, in harsh offshore environment, day and night, at bad weather or iced conditions.
In order to ensure that you are covered for any potential oil spill recovery, we are standby to assist you with tailored solutions.

Equinor Mongstad is facilitating three main companies Mongstad Refining, Mongstad Terminal DA and Vestprocess DA. Annually about 1500 ships are handled and 28 million tonnes are shipped over the port. All ranges of tankers from VLCC to small coast steamers, LPG ship’s and dry bulk carriers are visiting Equinor Mongstad. Equinor Mongstad is one of the largest oil and gas ports in Europa. Equinor Mongstad are connected to several oil fields in the North Sea, and the feedstock are brought to Mongstad via submerged pipeline in from the ocean via the Fensfjord.

AllMaritim provide complete oil recovery systems to professional’s worldwide. We offer a wide range of high efficient oil skimmer systems and oil containment booms, designed to satisfy demanding requirements. Our philosophy is to optimize our oil spill response solutions in order to obtain long-term customer satisfaction.

Blue Impact is developing a technology for chemical-free dispersion of oil spills. The technology utilizes water under high pressure to mechanically disperse oil into microscopic droplets. These droplets will stay suspended and be biodegraded by microorganisms. The dispersion system is built into an unmanned vessel (USV) to ensure a flexible operation with no risk for personnel.

Hammerfest LNG is the first large scale LNG-facility in Europe. Every fourth day's a ship loaded with LNG from Hammerfest and calling at ports in the world. In addition to LNG, we are producing condensate and LPG at the factory. These two products are loaded on ships about every three weeks.
Hammerfest LNG has added to correct for small scale LNG, LNG is loaded on board the trucks that transports the liquid gas to industrial companies who use it as an energy source and to the ships that use it as fuel.

NOFO establishes and maintains oil spill preparedness on the Norwegian Continental Shelf in order to combat oil pollution on behalf of 30 operating oil companies.
This includes both response in open seas as well as in coastal waters and along shorelines / beaches.
NOFO is a dedicated, non-profit 24h / 7d a week, oil spill response organization with total recovery capacity of 200.000 bbl / d.

The Sture terminal near Bergen in western Norway is an important export port for crude oil. The terminal receives crude and condensate from the Oseberg area and the Grane area in the North Sea through pipelines.
The Sture facility comprises two jetties able to berth tankers up to 300,000 deadweight tonnes, plus five artificial rock caverns for crude with a total capacity of one million cubic metres.

NORCE is a forward-looking research institute, with expertise e.g. within technology, energy solutions, oil and gas activities and marine pollution. Our solutions address key challenges for society and contribute innovation and value creation on the local, national and global levels.
NORCE is represented in Alta, Tromsø, Bardu, Bodø, Bergen (main office), Haugesund, Randaberg, Stavanger, Kristiansand, Grimstad and Oslo.

FiiZK NWP are developing, designing and producing products based on technical textiles and membranes.
We put the customer first, and we deliver a wide range of quality products to aquaculture, industry, construction and civil engineering.
NWP have more than 30 years of experience, and we focus on sustainable and tailormade solutions.

Egersund Group – Innovative solutions for oil spill recovery and ice management.
The MOS Sweeper is a high speed multi barrier system which has proven its strong capabilities in harsh weather conditions with high waves and strong currents.
Comes in 4 different sizes and a river model for shallow waters.

Noren Bergen AS designs and manufactures hydraulically driven reels for oil booms in all sizes, as well as a full range of NorMar skimmersystems for light to heavy oils, in harbors or offshore conditions. Noren Bergen AS is one of few manufacturers who can supply a full scale of offshore systems for efficient recovery under demanding conditions.

SeaGuard is a company that offers services, products and technology development to the coastal industry with focus on fish escapes, oil spills and algae blooms. We have a passion for being able to provide one of our most important industries with innovations that can help both the industry and the environment.

The Norwegian Fire School is the national educational institution within fire-fighting, rescue and oil spill response. We cover a wide range of education and training in operations and emergency preparedness, prevention, and oil spill preparedness.

The Norwegian Fire Academy offers basic courses and leadership training in operations and emergency preparedness, preventive fire protection, firefighting and acute pollution.

We are the independent expert in assurance and risk management. Driven by our purpose, to safeguard life, property and the environment, we empower our customers and their stakeholders with facts and reliable insights so that critical decisions can be made with confidence. As a trusted voice for many of the world’s most successful organizations, we use our knowledge to advance safety and performance, set industry benchmarks, and inspire and invent solutions to tackle global transformations.

Thalasso is a Norwegian-Mexican cooperation project with a blue economy approach. Our main objective is to harvest sargassum: An invasive seaweed that is threatening the Caribbean Region. With our circular economy approach, we turn the hazard into an opportunity.

We are a community of solvers combining human ingenuity, experience and technology innovation to deliver sustained outcomes and build trust.

Our members

Technology, competence and know-how

Ogoori offers traceable plastic raw material collected from the ocean with a guarantee of origin and story. Ogoori coordinates a regenerative value chain, where we receive the ownerless marine waste from beach cleaner partners, manage research and development with research institutions, and through our industrial
partners, the industrial process turning it to plastic granulate. This will be offered to the market in a subscription model named Material as a Service (MaaS).

eSEA Marie aims to be a pioneer in use and development of new technology that can contribute to provide customers and partners with sustainable and cost efficient marine solutions.

PGS is an integrated Marine Geophysical Company
· Acquisition · Imaging · Geoscience

Numbers in short:
· Approximately 1000 employees
· Represented in 16 countries
· Operating 5 high end seismic vessels world wide

PGS has over the last years engaged in various environmental initiatives. We have shared a lot of data from our vessels with institutions and universities for free. And we have launched initiatives to use our surplus vessels in lay-up for plastic waste removal.

We are a community of solvers combining human ingenuity, experience and technology innovation to deliver sustained outcomes and build trust.

Ogoori offers traceable plastic raw material collected from the ocean with a guarantee of origin and story. Ogoori coordinates a regenerative value chain, where we receive the ownerless marine waste from beach cleaner partners, manage research and development with research institutions, and through our industrial
partners, the industrial process turning it to plastic granulate. This will be offered to the market in a subscription model named Material as a Service (MaaS).

eSEA Marie aims to be a pioneer in use and development of new technology that can contribute to provide customers and partners with sustainable and cost efficient marine solutions.

PGS is an integrated Marine Geophysical Company
· Acquisition · Imaging · Geoscience

Numbers in short:
· Approximately 1000 employees
· Represented in 16 countries
· Operating 5 high end seismic vessels world wide

PGS has over the last years engaged in various environmental initiatives. We have shared a lot of data from our vessels with institutions and universities for free. And we have launched initiatives to use our surplus vessels in lay-up for plastic waste removal.

We are a community of solvers combining human ingenuity, experience and technology innovation to deliver sustained outcomes and build trust.

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