Creativity and expertise serving the maritime industry. Affiliated with the Institut maritime du Québec (IMQ), Innovation maritime (IMAR) is an applied research centre that has been active in the maritime sector for over twenty years.
Our mission is to contribute to the development of the maritime sector and stimulate excellence through innovation.
Our areas of expertise:
• Marine engineering
• Maritime intelligence
• Environmental technologies
• Navigation and maritime transport
• Underwater and hyperbaric interventions
Our services:
• Design and prototyping
• Software development/data analysis
• Testing and Trials
• Studies and analyzes
Our CCTT brings together experts specializing in engineering (mechanical, electrical, chemical, acoustical, physics, mechatronics), computer science (artificial intelligence, virtual reality, data management, programming) and maritime transport (navigation, sea logistics and transportation analysts).
In addition to our team of experts, we offer our clients a unique pool of equipment: prototyping workshop, electronics room, engine test bench (1 MW and 250 kW), electrical network simulator, specialized software, ROVs, hydrophones, gas analyzer, decompression chamber, etc.
With our knowledge of maritime operations and our commitment to understanding the needs of our clients, we can achieve tailor-made solutions by assisting our partners throughout their projects, from initial concept to performance testing.
Among our partners are port authorities, shipowners, pilotage corporations and authorities, shipyards, technology providers of relevance to the maritime sector, municipalities and government agencies. IMAR has completed some 450 projects since 2001.
