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RanMarine is the creator of the world’s first commercially available marine drone that collects both waste and data from the world’s waterways. It’s line of industrial remote controlled and autonomous “Sharks” help government bodies and companies concerned with the economic, regulatory, and aesthetic impact of polluted water efficiently remove surface trash and biomass while preventing […]

What do a whale sharks, robots and plastic pollution have in common? A new plastic gobbling invention is taking a ‘bite’ out of marine pollution and making a difference in the global fight to clean oceans and waterways. Inspired by nature and created to preserve nature, the WasteShark’s design and purpose was modeled after the […]

Sharks often attack their prey from below. Richard Hardiman’s WasteShark devours waste floating on the surface of the water. Where grabbing a terrace at the ‘Waterfront’ in Cape Town can all lead to. Richard Hardiman “didn’t feel like talking about Britney Spears anymore.” Photo: Friso Keuris for Het Financieele Dagblad As a brand new student […]

RanMarine has created the world’s first autonomous marine robot. Utilizing drone technology, it can collect up to 500 kg of plastic waste and destructive biomass each day, harmoniously clearing up and monitoring our waters. As WH Auden once said, “Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.” Vital to all life on earth, our biosphere and everything […]

The marine drone has the ability to collect up to 160 liters of trash per voyage “Halkiope” is a marine unmanned floating waste collection vessel. It was bought on behalf of the municipality of Thessaloniki from the Netherlands. It is the first time that it is tested in Greece and more specifically it will sail in […]

There’s something in the water. It swims through waterways alone devouring whatever it comes across. This shark doesn’t bite, though, and it actually resembles a Roomba more than a great white. It’s called a WasteShark, and it’s swimming and “eating” for a great cause. Instead of fish, the WasteShark eats what it can of the […]

The solutions being developed to clean up the 199 MILLION tonnes of plastic littering our oceans Scientists and engineers are working to find solutions to the global problem of ocean plastic Technologies like seabins, plastic interceptors and aquatic drones are currently being utilised Plastic-eating enzymes, microbe nets and magnetic liquids are being scaled up, but […]

Autonomous surface vessel (ASV) WasteShark by company RanMarine Technology vacuums and cleans plastic waste and biomass from water bodies using drone technology. Modeled after a shark, the water vehicle-looking vacuum is designed to be deployed with preset mission routes on the user’s chosen waterbody. By selecting WasteShark’s operating route and predetermining its path, its user covers the region […]

Article by Smiley News We’re well aware of the amount of rubbish that is collected and ends up in the ocean every year, wreaking havoc on wildlife. And that’s why Dutch invention – RanMarine’s WasteSharks – is such an innovative idea. The company has 157cm wide aquatic robots that capture rubbish in the sea and bring it […]

WasteShark, a drone cum trash trap may be the answer to solving the ocean plastic problems. Here’s everything you need to know about it. How do river trash traps help eliminate ocean plastic? WasteShark is a boxy, 5-foot 2-inch-long aquatic drone cleaning up plastic waste in a pond in Rotterdam, maybe a solution to clean […]