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Oceans
Ltd. is an Atlantic Canadian company that is established in St. John’s and Halifax. The company’s premise is to
provide marine expertise in order to improve safety at sea. Oceans Ltd.
operates the longest established private marine weather and sea state
forecasting office in Eastern Canada and is the leading provider of marine weather forecasting services
to the oil and gas industry in Eastern Canada. Around the clock site-specific, area and route
forecasting services are provided for marine and land areas. The
company’s professional meteorologists are also involved in climate
studies, storm analysis case studies, wave modeling, and advection fog
modeling. The company specializes in wind, wave, and current extreme analysis
and the establishment of environmental design criteria. Oceans Ltd. is
involved in iceberg research and operationally profiling 3-D iceberg images.
The company’s professional physical oceanographers and its team of
offshore marine technologists are continually collecting and analyzing
oceanographic data offshore eastern Canada. Studies are carried out on ocean
circulation, bottom boundary layer, and air/sea interaction for multiple
purposes. The drift characteristics of life rafts/boats and small target
detections studies are carried out to assist search and rescue efforts. The
company also maintains a biological oceanography group which specializes in
environmental effects monitoring of fish health.
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