General News
Stay informed about Mercator Ocean International through our Corporate information and Initiatives news. Here, we highlight our latest developments across key projects and services, including the Copernicus Marine Service, Copernicus WEkEO, the Copernicus Thematic Hubs, OceanPrediction Decade Collaborative Centre, EU4OceanObs, Digital Twin Ocean activities and numerous Horizon Europe projects we actively participate in.
July 23, 2021
On 22 July 2021, Pierre Bahurel, Director General of Mercator Ocean International signed the official agreement with the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Defence, Space and Industry (DG DEFIS) for Mercator
In 2014, the European Commission selected Mercator Ocean International to implement the Copernicus Marine Service, one of the six thematic services of Copernicus – the EU’s world-leading Earth Observation Programme.
A cargo ship carrying chemicals and plastic pellets has been burning and beginning to sink off the coast of Sri Lanka starting on May 20th, 2021. The ship, the MV
Mercator Ocean International launched the G7 Future of the Seas and Oceans Initiative website (www.g7fsoi.org) at the end of April 2021. This is part of EU4OceanObs action, a European Foreign
“The Ocean is a common good and it is the issue from which we must start”, President Macron told us at the end of 2019. A few months later, a
March 19, 2021
In January 2021, Mercator Ocean International joined forces with seven other European organisations to develop a proof-of-concept for a European Coastal Flood Awareness System (ECFAS). ECFAS will provide a much-needed