Maritime Cluster Northern Germany: the network for the maritime industry
Five Northern German countries – one maritime cluster! The Maritime Cluster Northern Germany (MCN) promotes and develops cooperation in the Northern German maritime industry. MCN creates dialogue platforms for stakeholders, so they can interact with each other, and it promotes interfaces with other industries.
Forschungszentrum Küste (FZK)
FZK is a joint cenral institution of Leibniz Universität Hannover and Technische Universität Braunschweig and runs the Large Wave Flume (Großer Wellenkanal, GWK), wich is one of the largest experimental facilities of its kind world wide. With 300 m length, 5 m width, 7 m depth and wave heights up to more than 2 m GWK offers optimal test conditions for applied and basic research in the fields of coastal engineering and maritime technologies.
Main Objectives
- Large scale model tests with waves
- Use of high-end measurement equipment
- Scientific background
- International activities
- Numerical simulations
Large Wave Flume
With its scientific expertise and the uniqu facility Large Wave Flume (Großer Wellenkanal, GWK) FZK is an outstanding partner for companies and scientific institutes, who are active in the coastal and maritime sector.
Cooperation
The membership in the cluster shall help to further disseminate the competences of FZK and to generate new opportunities for cooperation.
Cross-state network of the maritime industry
The Maritime Cluster Northern Germany promotes and consolidates collaboration in the industry. We combine forces across federal state boundaries. We promote cooperation across various industries.
A maritime network
Around 350 companies and institutions in the maritime industry are already MCN members. The members.
Input and exchange on topics that concern you
Benefit from valuable information and professional exchange in our interdisciplinary specialist groups.
Maritime calendar
Whether specialist congresses, workshops or participation in trade fairs - our event programme is comprehensive and versatile.
Become a member
We advise our members on project ideas, funding programmes and help them find the right project partners. More information on membership.
Serving Northern Germany and the maritime industry
We have regional offices in Bremen, Hamburg, Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg-West Pomerania and Schleswig-Holstein. Contact us.
Our newsletter
News, projects and events from the maritime industry and MCN with our newsletter (in German).
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