What this discipline covers.
Under the marine, coastal, and ocean engineering consulting subsector, we offer a comprehensive suite of services, including, but not limited to;
- Marine, coastal, and offshore/ocean engineering,
- Marine equipment.
Marine engineering applies a number of engineering sciences, including mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, electronic engineering, and computer science, to the development, design, operation, and maintenance of watercraft propulsion and ocean systems. It includes but is not limited to power and propulsion plants, machinery, piping, automation and control systems for marine vehicles of any kind, as well as coastal and offshore structures. Thus, marine and coastal engineering encompasses the design of breakwaters, marine pipelines/cables, support structures for offshore wind turbines, and coastal protection measures, including assessment of wave and current conditions and their interaction with structures, seabed, and coastlines.
On the other hand, ocean engineering is concerned with other structures and systems in or adjacent to the ocean, including offshore platforms, coastal structures such as piers and harbors, and other ocean systems such as ocean wave energy conversion and underwater life-support systems. This in fact makes ocean engineering a distinctive field from marine engineering, which is concerned with the design and application of shipboard systems specifically.