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The sharks biting back against pollution

As published by Startups Magazine RanMarine’s speciality lies in creating waterborne robots, also known as Autonomous Surface Vehicles, that focus on cleaning floating pollution out of waterways, both inland and coastal. Founder and CEO Richard Hardiman was inspired to start the company after observing people using nets to fish rubbish from water. A firm believer […]

In this candid interview with Brighter Future, delve into the journey of founder and CEO Richard Hardiman, exploring the business’s origins, overcoming challenges, experimentation, taking leaps of faith, and making bold decisions.

Over the course of only three expeditions in October 2023, the Toronto WasteSharks “Ebb and Flow” produced by RanMarine Technology collected 19.2 kilograms of floating trash, including nearly 600 pieces of microplastics. (CNW Group/PortsToronto)

[Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 18/9/2023] — RanMarine Technology and HEBO) jointly announce an exciting collaboration that combines their respective strengths in autonomous aqua-drone technology and maritime solutions. This partnership marks the beginning of a transformative journey to develop the innovative OilShark, a pioneering aquatic vessel engineered to revolutionise oil spill cleanup with efficiency and environmental responsibility. […]

PortsToronto, in partnership with RanMarine Technology, today launched a pilot program that saw two WasteShark aquadrones make their Canadian debut in the Toronto Harbour.

CONVOCATION NOTICE FOR EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING Notice is hereby given that an extraordinary General Meeting of shareholders (the EGM) of RanMarine Technology B.V., a private company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid), incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands, having its corporate seat in Rotterdam and address at Galileïstraat 15, 3029AL Rotterdam, the […]

Introduction to the Company ANNUAL REPORT 2022“The Company”, “RanMarine”, “RanMarine Technology” refers to RanMarine Technology B.V., which was incorporated April 12, 2016. RanMarine is a private company. RanMarine is a cleantech company that designs, manufactures and sells autonomous surface vessels, or ASVs. As a technology company, our specific market focus is providing robotic vessels to […]

Toronto, Ontario 9 August 2023 RanMarine, backed by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has introduced WasteSharks to Canadian waters. Leveraging the Netherlands Enterprise Agency’s DHI program, aimed at bolstering Dutch businesses abroad, PortsToronto and Port of Halifax are beneficiaries of the latest aqua-drones. This initiative aligns with UN Sustainable Development Goals, promoting innovation, feasibility […]

A team of scientists and environmentalists tests out the WasteShark, an unmanned watercraft that vacuums up soda cans and potato-chip bags. WasteShark is not a shark. It is an unmanned watercraft that its creators named for a shark, owing to similarities between how WasteShark collects its prey and the feeding habits of the Rhincodon typus, or whale […]