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Ocean Phoenix Project: A Wave of the Future

By Chrissie Cluney June 28, 2016

Christopher Columbus once said, "And the Ocean will bring to every man a reason for hope, as sleep brings its procession of dreams.”

Serge Menard believes these words to be true. He is the leader of the Ocean Phoenix Project, and President of SAS Ocean Phoenix, a commercial company established in southern France. The company’s main purpose is to finance and implement phase 1 of the project's Ocean Phoenix launch, as well as to pave the way for the development of the rest of the project in unison with the Ocean Phoenix organization's other structures, which include the Engineering Company, Maritime Operating Company, and the Ocean Phoenix Foundation.

Menard created the Ocean Phoenix, which is a giant factory-ship that is able to retrieve, compress and pack the ocean pollution in accordance with road transportation regulations. The crew on this ship is responsible for the completion of the steps in order to meet these regulations.

“Thanks to the Ocean Phoenix, it is still possible to prevent an unprecedented ecological disaster, to save millions of seabirds and marine mammals, and preserve the Oceans around the world,” said Menard.

The ship picks up any type of waste that is in the ocean. That includes shipping containers, multi-ton logs, plastic waste and other forms of debris as well as micro-plastics, practically the size of plankton. There are twenty ships in the fleet and they are able to treat an area of roughly 3 million square kilometers in 10 years, or more with the aid of supplemental ships, depending on the total area of the waste layers.

The Ocean Phoenix Project has partnered with The Offshore Partners B.V. Their objective when founded was to provide support and services on a contract or project management basis for the Offshore and Maritime Industry, tailored to their clients’ needs and requirements.

The Ocean Phoenix Project, in conjunction with the Offshore Partners, is doing its part to preserve our oceans and keep our world as ecologically clean and safe for marine life to grow in its habitat for the future generations.

For many people, like Menard, the ocean does bring hope, so he along with his company feel compelled to protect it and its underwater life to the best of their ability. 




Edited by Ken Briodagh
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