The OCEAN Project’s Vision for Safer Navigation

Collisions between vessels and whales are increasingly recognized as a preventable threat to both marine life and maritime safety. As global shipping traffic expands, critical whale habitats, especially migration and feeding corridors, have become high-risk zones for accidental strikes. Every year it is estimated that thousands of whales are injured or killed by vessel strikes.The OCEAN Project (Operator-Centered Enhancement of Awareness in Navigation), a three-year European Union and United Kingdom initiative, is addressing this challenge head-on by integrating advanced hydroacoustic technology and artificial intelligence as one solution to help ships detect and avoid whales in near-real time.Learn more >