Symposium
“Innovation & Blue Growth”
PRESENTATION OF COMPANIES
Organized by :
CHINA, QINGDAO,
28-30 October 2013
NAME OF THE COMPANY
LITTORALIS (European Economic Interest Group)
REPRESENTATIVE(S)
ATTENDING THE SYMPOSIUM
Dr. Gunnar Tietze, vice President
LITTORALIS, created in 2000, is a European Economic Interest Group federating various
companies and research facilities uniting innumerable years of maritime experience.
This grouping of specialized companies, is acting as a One Stop Shop service and
technology provider tailored to the needs of operational oceanography and applications
to:
Integrated Coastal Zones management (ICZM)
Natural risks management
Management of pollutions & water quality
Protection and management of coasts
ACTIVITY
Ports development & management
Offshore exploitation & marine renewable energies
LITTORALIS focuses thus on a wide “coastal zone” area that encompasses the entire
catchment area and its activities, pure coastal zone (shoreline, bays, estuaries), and
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coastal seas generally considered as truly coastal waters and beyond covering the EEZ .
On a second level, LITTORALIS works on coastal oceanography and all issues of ICZM on a
global approach.
Its objectives regarding international cooperation: Building up capacities and
cooperation as joint ventures with academic and private partners providing solutions to
coastal problems, i.e. erosion – sedimentation and erosion, flooding, pollution - water
quality - environmental protection, surveillance (meteocean and illegal fishing), training
and technology transfer.
Expertise and representation of following techniques:
Ocean HF radar (WERA)
Buoys & gliders (chemical, biological and physical data)
MAIN PRODUCTS
Coastal ocean modeling software
Water quality control systems
Ferry boxes (incoming)
Marine instrumentation (oceanographic, seismic campaigns)
STAFF
KEYWORDS
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EEZ = Exclusive Economic Zone
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For more info consult our web-site: www.littoralis.eu
Operational oceanography ; hydrography ; ICZM ; natural hazards; sea status;
sedimentology; erosion
[email protected]; [email protected]
Contact:
Phone / Fax / E-mail /
Web :
Tel (Germany): +49-431-23.20.224
Tel (France) : +33-2-98-34-11-00
Web site: www.littoralis.eu
ADDRESS
120 avenue de Rochon ; 29832 Brest – France
Lornsenstr. 44; D-24105 Kiel - Germany