Centre for Blue Economy and Innovation - CBEI

21/06/2020

The R/V CMU TAGU is a donation by the German civil and hydraulic engineering company TAGU, a part of LUDWIG FREYTAG Group, donated to us in summer 2019. We sailed the CMU TAGU from Montego Bay to the jetty at the CMU main campus in September 2019.

The Research Vessel (R/V) is equipped with all modern technical equipment necessary for safe operation on the high seas. See the article.

The R/V CMU TAGU is a donation by the German civil and hydraulic engineering company TAGU, a part of LUDWIG FREYTAG Group, donated to us in summer 2019. We sailed the CMU TAGU from Montego Bay to the jetty at the CMU main campus in September 2019. The Research vessel (R/V) is equipped with all moder...

16/06/2020

Dear colleagues, dear CMU friends,

Maybe you have asked yourself why I'm always talking so enthusiastic about the CMU TAGU. This link gives you an overview of the survey equipment for the hydrographic survey. In other blog articles, I will introduce you to the additional equipment of the CMU TAGU.

Enjoy the attached link about the survey equipment of the CMU TAGU, which will illustrate how well the vessel is equipped for our purpose. See link:->

The CMU TAGU has all modern technical equipment necessary for safe operation on the high seas. As a special research vessel, the ship is equipped with modern appliances for hydrographic surveys (for example, with a state-of-the-art Multi Beam Echo Sound EM 3002 by KONGSBERG).

13/06/2020

Did you know that 5 million people in the EU were employed in the Blue Economy in 2018, the number of jobs in the EU blue economy has increased by 11.6% from the previous year.
See here:-> https://cbei.blog/2020-blue-economy-report/

On June 11, 2020 the European Commission published “The EU Blue Economy Report 2020”, providing an overview of the performance of the EU economic sectors related to oceans and the coastal environment.The Report defines the area of Blue Economy of all activities that are marine- based or marine-r...

08/06/2020

Today The Economist organized a webinar on the occasion of World Oceans Day. The topic was an interesting question. What would you do if you had a billion dollars available to protect the oceans? See here, what I would do...->
https://cbei.blog/what-would-you-do-with-one-billion-dollars-to-protect-the-ocean/

Today The Economist organized a webinar on the occasion of World Oceans Day. The topic was an interesting question. What would you do if you had a billion dollars available to protect the oceans? Peter Thomson, UNSG’s Special Envoy for the Ocean, Alexandra Cousteau, granddaughter of Jacques Couste...

04/06/2020

Do you know how much of the ocean is protected? Only 5,3 percent. Join us in 30x30.
30 percent in the year 2030. Sign the petition -> https://cbei.blog/8-june-is-world-oceans-day-get-involved/

On World Oceans Day on June 8th, people around the world celebrate the ocean. This year’s theme: Innovation for a Sustainable Ocean. World Oceans Day has been celebrating the ocean on June 8th every year since 2002. And while Covid-19 and social distancing are changing how we recognize our blue pl...

12/05/2020

We are working on the muffler system of our research vessel. We have a concept to use the boat in a multi-purpose, multi-modular way: against Sargassum Seaweed, for collecting debris in the Kingston Harbor, for hydrographic surveys, for international research cooperation and of course also as a training vessel for our students.

28/04/2020

Attending the Regional Workshop „Western Tropical Atlantic Regional Workshop“ to prepare the United Nations Decade of Oceans Science for Sustainable Development 2021-2030. It is a two day workshop, a virtual workshop because of COVID 2019. I must say it is a strange experience. More than 600 participants are attending the workshop sitting somewhere in front of their computers. Amazing how well the technology is functioning, including the different PowerPoint presentations and including online voting.

29/01/2020

Follow the link if you would like to know how to measure plastic waste?

The first step in managing plastic waste is measuring it – here’s how we did it for one Caribbean country Plastic waste that started as packaging clogs tropical landfills. apomares/Getty Images Clyde Eiríkur Hull, Rochester Institute of Technology and Eric Williams, Rochester Institute of Techn...

25/12/2019

Marlin - an endangered fish.
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For some it is the greatest source of happiness as fishermen and later it is a smoked delicacy, for others it is a sad sight when the fish ends up on the concrete floor of a marina and is trimmed to the size of steaks.The Blue Marlin is also in Jamaica one of the greatest ... Read more Marlin – an...

01/12/2019

Interesting Blue Job

Scott Albrecht has a trained eye for spotting harmful defects in the ocean’s bounty.