Work programme - MAROFF Maritime Activities and Offshore Operations – MAROFF

The Innovation Programme for Maritime Activities and Offshore Operations (MAROFF) will provide support for research and development activities that help to increase value creation in the maritime industry. The MAROFF programme’s target groups are shipping companies, the shipbuilding industry, service providers and equipment suppliers to all types of vessels for utilising ocean space, including vessels and maritime technology for other ocean industries (including aquaculture, fisheries, offshore oil and gas, and offshore renewable energy). The target groups also include research groups in technology and social science-related fields of importance to the maritime sector in Norway. The programme seeks to work within a sustainable framework to enhance competitiveness, strengthen the capacity for restructuring and improve interactivity and knowledge transfer between the R&D community and the industry.