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Transportation Development Centre
The Marine R&D program has the following objectives:
- to undertake R&D in support of federal government policy
development
- to provide a basis for the development of regulations and
standards related to marine safety, human factors, environmental
protection, and risk management
- to develop improvements in marine transportation, with emphasis
on shipboard navigation systems, ice navigation, and predictive
maintenance techniques
- to develop and evaluate technological solutions to operational
problems, particularly in the areas of search and rescue,
certification of marine experts, inspection, and marine
transportation systems
- to investigate emerging technologies and to take advantage of
national and international R&D developments