ONGOING STUDIES AND PROJECTS
Short-term studies and analyses that explore specific topics, challenges, or opportunities relevant to the maritime industry, and can form the basis for further project development.
2025–2026
Dual-Use Opportunities: Unlocking Maritime Technology for the Defence Sector
The project aims to identify and develop the conditions for more small and medium-sized maritime companies to participate in national and European research-based defence projects – including European Defence Fund (EDF) initiatives – by leveraging existing commercial technologies with dual-use potential.
2024–2026
Maritime Digital Transition
This pre-study aims to identify the cluster's ability to retain and enhance our position in the digital transformation, to achieve the green shift.
2023(2025)–2027
DIOL
Transforming the North Sea into a Green Power Plant of Europe.
2022–2028
FISK 4.0
How can we use new knowledge and technology to lift the Norwegian fishing industry further? An exciting interdisciplinary consortium from Møre and Romsdal has joined forces to give the industry as a whole a real boost.
2022–2028
MIDAS
Man in Future Ocean Space Operations
2023–2024
Møre Ocean Lab
The Møre Ocean Lab project is a visionary initiative aimed at establishing a full-scale test laboratory for marine and maritime research and industry.
2025–2026
Norwegian export initative: Cruise and ferries
As part of the National maritime export initatiative, this project aims to bring Norwegian maritime suppliers closer to the global negotiating tables in the cruise and ferry market.
2024—2027
Offshore Accelerator for System Integration and Storage (OASIS)
Developing new energy storage technology is extremely important, but at the same time very capital-intensive, with long development times and high risk. With this project, we will help entrepreneurs who have new solutions in the field to have the technology tested and verified, as well as to build market knowledge and networks.
2023–2027
Refuel
In this project, a conceptual layout for a sustainable coastal green energy supply chain will be developed. This includes recommendation for the location, layout, and content of modularizable green energy stations.
2024 →
Strengthen the yards
The initative aims to boost cooperation and innovation between the Norwegian ship yards along three main pillars: Strengthen the R&D activities, competance activitites and recruitment activities.
COMPLETED STUDIES AND PROJECTS
Collaborative R&D projects currently in progress, involving companies and knowledge partners.
2025
Cyber at Sea
Strengthening Norway´s Maritime Defenses
2022–2025
EverLoNG
Demonstration of ship-based carbon capture on LNG fuelled ships.
2024
New maritime business models and cooperation
From this year's cluster analysis, it is pointed to real productivity growth without the claim being well substantiated. We believe that industrial cooperation can be a central element in this.
2025
AI i Maritim Industri
The AI in Maritime (AiMar) project is a pre-study that aims to map the current use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the Norwegian maritime industry.
2020–2024
AURECO
Aims to establish a remote control centre for on-board support of ships
-
Autonomous ship operation
Pre-study: Looking at ship operations for floating offshore wind, and how these can be more automated or remote controlled.
2023–2024
Competitive Advantages of Shipyards
This pre-study will identify the scope and methodology for working further with the following issues: The yards' actual competitiveness, Alternative business models, Documentation of quality advantages and Air emissions during the construction phase.
–
Decission support for alternative maritime fuels
How will a chosen technology impact the shipowner's business now and in the future?
2024
DIGIMARBS
Intelligent Mobile Batteries for Electric Propulsion of Small and Medium-Sized Boats
2023–2024
Ethic Recilience
The project will offer insights into strategic ethical resilience, aiding companies in facing the complexities of modern international business and contributing to several UN Sustainable Development Goals by promoting responsible and resilient business practices.
2023–2024
Geiranger 2026 – Power Barge
Pre-study on an autonomous, containerized refuelling barge. The UNESCO World Heritage Fjords (Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord) will be zero-emission zones from 2026. This study is looking at different options for vessels to recharge or refuel green energy in this zone.
2024–2025
MARIGOLD
Maritime Industry Growth through Optimised Learning and Digitalisation
2022
Mapping of Main Energy Consumers
A full overview of the energy consumption in ships is an important tool in order to reduce the need for energy.
–
National Export Council
Increasing the maritime export of new and green maritime solutions.
2023–2024
Nuclear Energy in Ships
A pre-study on combined existing knowledge on use of nuclear as energy source on ships.
–
Reshoring Norway
A pilot-project to explore the prevalence and extent of reshoring within manufacturing in the county of M&R as well as to analyze the reasons for reshoring and offshoring of manufacturing from and to Norway.
–
ZEVinnovation
Strengthening transnational cooperation, knowledge and technology transfer in development of electric vessels and fostering innovations in SMES.
FAQ
