Facilities, Vessels & Expertise
Offering world leading resources and expertise in marine research



Our services, ranging from vessel and facility hire, management, crewing and support include:
Vessels
- Plymouth Quest (21m Cat 2 workboat with highly experienced crew)
- PML Explorer (7m Code 3R Rigid Inflatable Boat)
- PML Pioneer (5m fully instrumented AutoNaut – wave-powered autonomous vessel
Marine-based
- We provide direct access to the advanced communications network and infrastructure of Smart Sound Plymouth:
- 5G/4G private network across the port
- 4G coverage in pre-agreed autonomy trials areas
- Control hubs housed at Oceansgate and PML
- Wave Relay offshore marine network, coverage over 20 miles offshore
- Integrated network usage
- L4 buoy
- E1 Buoy
- Other buoys (PML Applications)
Land-based
- A range of technical workshop and office spaces (including access to the Oceansgate site within the Plymouth Freeport area)
- Mesocosm/tanks
Technical Skills/expertise:
- Deployments
- Permissions for moorings and sea-bed activities
- Biofouling control
- Compliance – biosecurity, environmental impact
- Mooring design
- Verification of results
- Small boat works
- Environmental technology testing
- Technicians (ROV, autonomous vessel, robotics etc.)
- Environmental monitoring (chemical, biological, physical)
Network:
- Engineering firms
- Design, Fabrication & replication (3D printing & scanning)
- Access to freeport
- Dive teams