The technology is being developed by Technika Engineering Ltd., a company based in Calgary, Canada, for the purpose of collecting plastics and other marine debris from water surfaces. It will also be adapted for the purpose of cleaning oil and chemical spills in ports, terminals, reservoirs, resorts and coastal cities.
Technika Engineering is now completing the development of the system in an effort to make it available for commercial operations in 2020.
“We are now putting in place resources needed to complete the development of the technology and make it commercially available,” Radé Svorcan, President of Technika Engineering, told World Maritime News.
