OVI today announced an initiative to build two custom-designed sailing cargo ships as a prototype for a global ocean cleanup fleet. SAUSALITO, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES, May 30, 2023– Ocean Voyages Institute (OVI), a leader in the cleanup of the North Pacific Gyre, also known as “the Great Pacific Garbage Patch,” […]
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Mary Crowley, founder and president of Ocean Voyage Institute, was featured as a keynote plenary speaker at the OCEANS 2023 conference in Limerick, Ireland, June 5-8, 2023. Since 2009, Mary has led research voyages to the North Pacific Gyre studying plastic debris distribution and conducting cleanups. In her plenary remarks, […]
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45 Day Expedition crosses Pacific from Honolulu to California, traversing over 4600 miles of debris filled ocean SAN FRANCISCO, CA – July 26, 2022 – Ocean Voyages Institute announcesthat after 45 days at sea, its sailing cargo ship has arrived in port, docking inCalifornia for the first time, with 96 […]
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ByFusion teams up with Ocean Voyages Institute to convert 40,000 lbs of plastic waste from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch into construction-grade building material ByFusion announces off-take partnership with Ocean Voyages Institute (OVI), repurposing 20 tons of marine debris and plastic waste into construction grade building materials. The ByFusion-OVI partnership […]
Read MoreRecord-breaking season prompts non-profit group to raise the bar on open ocean cleanup after 340,000 pounds of plastic waste pulled from Great Pacific Garbage Patch HONOLULU, HI — August 5, 2020 Ocean Voyages Institute’s marine plastic recovery vessel, S/V KWAI, docked in Honolulu today, after 35 days at sea, successfully […]
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(Press Release / Photos/Video) HONOLULU, HI — June 23, 2020 – Ocean Voyages Institute’s marine plastic recovery vessel, S/V KWAI, docked at the port of Honolulu today, after a 48-day expedition, successfully removing 103 tons (206,000 lbs.) of fishing nets and consumer plastics from the North Pacific Subtropical Convergence Zone, […]
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Largest Ocean Clean Up Mission/ A Turning Point For Ocean Plastics Link to the Press Release. Sausalito, CA – Ocean Voyages Institute, a nonprofit organization, announced today that it has successfully removed more than 40 tons of fishing nets and consumer plastics from the area known as the North Pacific […]
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Ocean Voyages Institute’s 2019 Expedition will be REMOVING ghost nets and massive amounts of plastic from the North Pacific Gyre. Our actions provide solutions: • Capturing ghost nets/debris that we tagged with Satellite trackers before it entangle and kill marine life • Removing toxic plastics from our ocean and food […]
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WE in the maritime industry know and understand this in a way few others do. As mariners, many of us see the problem first hand. We can all be dynamic parts of the solution by our stewardship on our own yachts and supporting effective at-sea ocean clean-up. People are beginning […]
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