Knowledge Portal Munitions in the Sea
Knowledge Portal Munitions in the Sea

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Belgium

Flanders Marine Institute

Dr. Tine Missiaen | tine.missiaen@vliz.be | www.vliz.be/nl

Expertise

The Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) promotes accumulation of marine knowledge and excellence in marine research in Flanders. The marine research areas are the ocean and seas, the coast and the tidal systems.

MEC / UXO-Projects

MERCW (concluded) – DISARM (concluded) – BASTA (concluded) – EROVMUS (concluded) – CONMAR (ongoing) – REMARCO (ongoing) –MMinE-SwEEPER (ongoing)

Germany

Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research

Dr. Matthias Brenner | www.awi.de

Expertise

As the Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, the Alfred Wegener Institute is primarily active in the cold and temperate regions of the world. Working together with numerous national and international partners, we are actively involved in unravelling the complex processes at work in the “Earth System”.

MEC / UXO-Projects

CHEMSEA (concluded) – MODUM (concluded) – DAIMON and DAIMON 2 (concluded) – North Sea Wrecks (concluded) (NSW) – WRUMM (concluded) – REMARCO (ongoing)

Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology (ICT)

Dipl.-Phys. Armin Keßler | munitions@ict.fraunhofer.de | www.ict.fraunhofer.de

Expertise

  • ICT is the only German research institute to cover the entire development chain from synthesis to disposal for energetic material. ·
  • Material properties of propellants and explosives (Safety-related characteristics, Stability, Performance, Ageing, Handling and Storage Requirements)
  • Processing of energetic materials and ammunition 
  • Explosives detection
  • Safety technology on energetic materials and disposal process chains
  • Underwater sensors for detecting and monitoring clearance activities
  • Ammunition destruction

MEC / UXO-Projects

RoBEMM (concluded) – MMinE-SwEEPER (ongoing) – BorDEx (ongoing) – Immediate action programme for dumped munitions (ongoing)

GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel

Prof. Jens Greinert, Dr. Aaron J. Beck , Dr. Torsten Frey, Dr. Marc Seidel, Mareike Keller, Dr. Daniela Henkel, Dr. Inken Preuss |  www.geomar.de

Expertise

  • Coordination
  • Data Management
  • UXO Mapping & detecting (hydroacoustic, magnetic and optical imaging)
  • Fieldwork and marine operation (ship-based, ROV, AUV and lander)
  • Sensor development (magnetic, optic, chemical)
  • Chemical analysis of explosives and related compounds
  • AI for automated detection and identification
  • Informed decision making for remediation activities
  • Stakeholder dialogue and outreach
  • partner for state and governmental ministries (scientific lead in MUNIMAR)

MEC / UXO-Projects

UDEMM (concluded) – MUNISEE (concluded) – BASTA (concluded) – ExPloTect (concluded) – CONMAR I (concluded) – ProBaNNt (concluded) – AMMOTRACE (concluded) – VAMOS (concluded) – ValidITy (concluded) – CONMAR II (ongoing) – SAM (ongoing) – BorDEx (ongoing) – MUNIMAP (ongoing) – MMinE-SwEEPER (ongoing) – MUNI-RISK (ongoing) – BaltWreck (ongoing) – CAMMera (ongoing)

University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein – Institute of Toxicology and Pharmacology for Natural Scientists

Prof. Dr. Edmund Maser, Dr. Jennifer Strehse |  www.uksh.de/en

Expertise

  • MEC Analysis (UHPLC, GC-MS/MS)
  • Matrices: all biota, sediment, scratch samples, water; Acute and chronic toxicity (in vitro, in vivo; model organisms)
  • Biomarkers (molecular); Bacterial MEC degradation, remediation
  • Risk assessment: ecosphere, top predators, humans (incl. sea-food consumers)

MEC / UXO-Projects

UDEMM (concluded) – DAIMON (concluded) – North Sea Wrecks (concluded) – TATTOO (concluded) – PILOT (concluded) – CONMAR (ongoing)

Johann Heinrich von Thünen Institute - Institute of Fisheries Ecology

Dr. Jörn Peter Scharsack, Dr. Ulrike Kammann |  www.thuenen.de

Expertise

  • Fish diseases
  • Eco toxicology

MEC / UXO-Projects

CHEMSEA (concluded) – MODUM (concluded) – DAIMON and DAIMON 2 (concluded) – CONMAR-Fish II (ongoing)

Bundeswehr Technical Center for Ships and Naval Weapons, Maritime Technology and Research (WTD 71)

Dr. Uwe Kretschmer, Dr. Holger Schmaljohann | WTD71Posteingang@bundeswehr.org | www.bundeswehr.de/en/organization/equipment/organization/wtd-71

Expertise

The Technical Center for Ships and Naval Weapons, Maritime Technology and Research (WTD 71) is tasked with supporting the German Navy in maritime issues of defence technology and defence science. The range of tasks covers the entire spectrum of maritime defence technology in all phases of the development process of defence material. The activities are primarily aimed at the overall ship system and the interaction of different components of this system in the maritime environment. Regarding underwater munitions we are supporting  the German Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration (www.WSV.de) especially with know how with AUV.

MEC / UXO-Projects

SOAM (concluded) – KAPITAS (concluded) – MMinE-SwEEPER (ongoing)

Denmark

Aarhus University – Department of Environmental Science

Dr. Hans Sanderson | hasa@envs.au.dk | https://envs.au.dk/en/

Expertise

Release, distribution, sampling, incorporation and biological effects of toxic munition compounds in fresh water and marine environment.

MEC / UXO-Projects

MERCW  (concluded) – North Sea Wrecks (ongoing) – MUNI-RISK (ongoing) – MMinE-SwEEPER (ongoing)

Finland

Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE)

Anu Lastumäki | anu.lastumaki@syke.fi | https://www.syke.fi/en

Expertise

  • At the Finnish Environment Institute SYKE, we offer strong expertise and independent information on global phenomena such as climate change, biodiversity loss, overconsumption, pollution and eutrophication.
  • Cooperation with VERFIN in the field of underwater munitions.

MEC / UXO-Projects

CHEMSEA (concluded) – MODUM (concluded) – DAIMON and DAIMON 2 (concluded) – WRUMM (ongoing)

University of Helsinki - VERIFIN

Paula Vanninen | paula.vanninen@helsinki.fi | https://www.helsinki.fi/en/verifin

Expertise

VERIFIN was established in 1994, as continuation of the Chemical Weapons (CW) research project working since 1973. Operations of VERIFIN are mainly funded by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland. VERIFIN supports the disarmament of chemical weapons by development of identification methods for chemical warfare agents (CWA).

MEC / UXO-Projects

CHEMSEA (concluded) – MODUM (concluded) – DAIMON and DAIMON 2 (concluded)

Norway

Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI)

Øyvind Voie, Petter H Kvadsheim, Arnt Johnsen, John A Tørnes, Helle K Rossland, Petter Lågstad | www.ffi.no/en

Expertise

  • Wreck investigation in Skagerrak
  • Distribution of Chemical Warefare Agents in Marine Ecosystems
  • National coordination
  • Data Management
  • UXO Mapping & detecting
  • Fieldwork and marine operation
  • Sensor development
  • Hydro acoustic and optical imaging
  • Chemical analysis of explosives and related compounds
  • Uptake and toxicity in marine organisms
  • Risk assessment - human and environment
  • Post blast diffusion
  • Impact of shock waves on marine life
  • Sampling methods of different matrixes

MEC / UXO-Projects

DAIMON & DAIMON 2 (concluded) – BASTA (concluded) – North Sea Wrecks (concluded) – Ammunition Risk (concluded) – MUNIMAP (ongoing) – MMinE-SwEEPER (ongoing)

UiT The Arctic University of Norway (UiT)

Endre Grimsbø, Lokukaluge Prasad Perera | www.uit.no

Expertise

  • Fieldwork and subsea operations
  • Hydro acoustic and subsea instrumentation
  • Environmental advisory
  • Impact of shock waves and sound on marine life

MEC / UXO-Projects

Evaluation of bubble curtains

Poland

Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences (IOPAN)

Prof. Jacek Bełdowski | www.iopan.pl/en/

Expertise

  • Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences (IO PAN) was founded in 1983 in place of the Marine Station in Sopot which had existed since 1953.
  • The mission of the Institute of Oceanology is to conduct marine environmental research in order to expand knowledge of the processes and phenomena taking place there.

MEC / UXO-Projects

CHEMSEA (concluded) – MODUM (concluded) – DAIMON and DAIMON 2 (concluded) – WRUMM (concluded) – EROVMUS (concluded) – MUNIMAP (ongoing) – MMinE-SwEEPER (ongoing)

Polish Naval Academy (PNA)

Jacek Fabisiak, Bartłomiej Pączek | rector.office@amw.gdynia.pl | https://www.amw.gdynia.pl/index.php/en/

Expertise

The Polish Naval Academy (PNA) is a military school under the supervision of the Ministry of National Defense and a military unit carrying out  missions related to  national  defense. It is also a military scientific institution, based in Gdynia, with expertise in operational oceanography, including underwater operations relating to dumped munitions.

MEC / UXO-Projects

CHEMSEA (concluded) – MODUM (concluded) – DAIMON and DAIMON 2 (concluded)

Sweden

Chalmers University of Technology

Lars Rosen | www.chalmers.se

Expertise

Wreck corrosion modelling and prediction of releases of load and fuel

MEC / UXO-Projects

DAIMON (concluded)