Bärbel Fening

Technology And The Sea - Fascination Marine Technology

Marine technology is not about ships and shipbuilding, but about the technology that is used to explore the oceans, protect them and use them sustainably. Please consider the harsh conditions the marine technology is exposed to in the sea. The sea is often a very inaccessible habitat with strong currents and aggressive salt water. The deeper you get, the higher the water pressure becomes, people and equipment have to be able to withstand this. Wind and waves make the work even more difficult, many jobs can only be done up to a certain wave height. Sometimes you also have to pay attention to th...

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Bärbel Fening

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Nov 5, 2025

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Episodes

Sustainable Maritime Engineering – A New Degree Programme at the University of Rostock 05.11.2025

Sustainable Maritime Engineering is the name of the new master's program that has been offered at the University of Rostock since this winter semester. It combines engineering sciences with sustainability topics. Interest is high, and the University of Rostock has been flooded with applications. In this podcast episode, journalist Bärbel Fening talks to Prof. Sascha Kosleck, Chair of Marine T...

The Ship Outfitter for Marine Technology - Torsten Turla, MacArtney Germany, Kiel 31.07.2024

The new research vessel METEOR IV is currently under construction and will be used by scientists to conduct research on all the world's oceans by 2026. Experts in marine technology have been involved from the very beginning to ensure that this succeeds. In this podcast episode, Torsten Turla, Managing Director of MacArtney Germany from Kiel, talks about the role he and his company are playing...

Your Ship in Action for Marine Research: SOOP - Toste Tanhua, GEOMAR Kiel 28.12.2023

Lots of ships in action for marine research - that's the idea behind the SOOP innovation platform, which is the subject of this podcast episode: Private sailing ships, cargo ships, cruise ships, ferries or cutters - every ship can collect the scientific data that is so urgently needed for marine research wherever it is travelling. SOOP - Shaping an Ocean of Possibilities - is a new innovation...

SmartKai - the Digital Parking Aid for XXL Ships and Future Maritime Mobility - with Axel Hahn and Sebastian Feuerstack 30.11.2023

This podcast episode is about the future of maritime mobility, how digitalisation will change our ports, what opportunities a parking aid for XXL ships has and where an autonomous dredger can be used.  Bärbel Fening is in conversation with Prof. Dr. Axel Hahn and Dr. Sebastian Feuerstack from the DLR Institute Systems Engineering for Future Mobility in Oldenburg. https://www.baerbel-fening.de http...

Outstanding Ocean Technology in Pacific Canada 28.06.2023

In Canada - the country with the longest coastline worldwide - ocean technology is a crucial technology.  In this podcast episode, Leann Collins, Director, Projects and Stakeholder Relations at the Association of British Columbia Marine Industries and Enrico Nake, Trade Officer at the Canadian Embassy in Berlin, talk about the strength of the ocean technology companies at the west coast, about the...

Innovative Ocean Technology in Atlantic Canada 28.03.2023

In Canada - the country with the longest coastline worldwide - Ocean Technology is a crucial technology.  In this podcast episode, Chris Bourque, executive director of the Ocean Technology Council of Nova Scotia and Enrico Nake, Trade Officer at the Canadian Embassy in Berlin, emphasise the strength of the Canadian companies in this sector and point to the H2O Conference, which is Canada's pr...

Cutting-Edge Marine Technology in the OCEAN RACE - by Stefan Raimund, Ocean Science Advisor 25.02.2023

This podcast episode is about  cutting-edge marine technology in extreme use. It's in action at one of the longest and toughest professional sailing events in the world, the OCEAN RACE, which is not only a sporting event but also a race that is really about the state of the oceans. All five teams have cutting-edge marine technology on board to collect data along the way while raising awarenes...

Groundbreaking Innovation for Sustainable Oceans by Bosch Rexroth 19.12.2022

In this podcast episode, I talk to  Dr. Alexandre Orth,  Head of Subsea Automation Systems at Bosch Rexroth and with Gottfried Hendrix, Manager of Technical Systems and Solutions, Technical Architect for Subsea Automation Systems, also at Bosch Rexroth. Together with a team, the two have developed the world's smallest electric subsea actuator, which can replace the conventional hydraulic cyli...

MARISPACE X by Jann Wendt, North.io, Kiel 15.11.2022

Marispace X is a cloud where maritime data will be collected in the future. This data is important for all projects in the sea, on the seabed, on the water. Why it makes sense to collect all this maritime data in one place in the future, and what advantages it will bring, is something I talked about with Jann Wendt, the managing director of the company North.io GmbH from Kiel, who initiated the wh...

Offshore Wind Energy by Karina Würtz, Offshore Wind Energy Foundation 03.11.2022

This podcast episode is all about the electricity that is generated from the wind on our seas - in offshore wind farms. Without marine technology, it wouldn't work. Every single wind turbine is anchored in the seabed. 1500 turbines are located between 15 and 150 km from the German coast with an installed capacity of 8 gigawatts. Offshore wind energy is highly topical - not only because of the...

Marine Tech at SMM 2022 in Hamburg 20.09.2022

SMM is the leading international maritime trade fair, held in person in Hamburg in September 2022, an important networking event for the GMT.   Interviews with  Claus Ulrich Selbach, Global Market Place and Business Provider SMM Hamburg Walter Kühnlein, Chairman GMT Enrico Nake Trade Commissioner at Embassy of Canada www.smm.com www.maritime-technik.de www.baerbel-fening.de www.baerbel-fening.de

Clean Hulls with Ultrasound - Jan Kelling, HASYTEC, Kiel 06.09.2022

Biofouling is the unwanted growth of microorganisms, plants, algae and mussels o ship hulls below the water surface. It increases the flow resistance, and the ship becomes heavier and consumes more energy.  So a solution is needed -  it comes from the German company HASYTEC, which is located in Kiel. A unique approach worldwide is anti-fouling prevention by ultrasound and artificial intelligence....

Fascination Multiparameter Probes by Heinz Schelwat, Sea & Sun Technology Trappenkamp 23.08.2022

Sea & Sun Technology provides high-precision multiparameter probes, CTD probes, with which the water quality can be precisely determined. These probes are built in Trappenkamp, Germany and are used worldwide for the maritime and limnic sector to measure water quality.  www.sea-sun-tech.com www.maritime-technik.de www.baerbel-fening.de www.baerbel-fening.de

Fascination Underwater Robots: Christian Haag, Mariscope Kiel 09.08.2022

Christian Haag has been designing and manufacturing underwater robots, ROVs, for 28 years.  Today, ROVs are a normal part of marine technology, but when Christian Haag presented the first prototype at the Düsseldorf Boat Show in 1995, it was a sensation. This made his company, Mariscope, based in Kiel, an international name for itself.  Today, ROVs from Mariscope are used all over the world, but t...

Digital Ocean Lab Rostock by Peter Menzel 12.07.2022

The new Digital Ocean Lab in Rostock Nienhagen is an underwater test field for marine technology. Here, marine technology is tested both under real conditions and virtually. The interviewee in this podcast episode is Dr Peter Menzel from Fraunhofer IGD, the head of the Digital Ocean Lab. www.fraunhofer.de/de/schnelleinstieg/alumni/news/Digital_Ocean_Lab.html www.maritime-technik.de www.baerbel-fen...

The Colours of the Sea - Oliver Zielinski ICBM Oldenburg 14.06.2022

Oliver Zielinski is fascinated by the colours of the sea. He is a physicist, marine and technology researcher, has been a Professor of Marine Sensor Systems at the Institute of Marine Chemistry and Biology (ICBM) at the University of Oldenburg since 2011 and Head of the Marine Perception research area at the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) since 2019.  Oliver Zielinski ta...

Maritime Safety and Security with Holger Klindt, GMT 31.05.2022

Maritime security is a broad field, but also an absolutely exciting one! Maritime security concerns port and ship security, illegal fishing, terrorism and piracy. In this podcast episode, Holger Klindt explains the important role of marine technology.  He is a marine scientist, physicist and engineer and has been a freelance consultant to various industrial and research institutions in maritime se...

From Marine Research to Application - Technology Transfer at the AWI with Eberhard Sauter 03.05.2022

Welcome to this podcast episode, which is all about what marine research means for our everyday lives. It's about knowledge transfer, so it's about putting into context what marine researchers find out has to do with our lives.  And then there's technology transfer: For example, how a super-light yet extremely stable algae structure discovered by a marine researcher can be used in t...

Collecting Marine Data with the OceanPack developed by SubCtech GmbH, Kiel 19.04.2022

Only about 8% of the seafloor has been mapped. We know far too little about our oceans.   In order to change this, the German company SubCtech GmbH from Kiel has developed the OceanPack, which allows ships to collect data while underway. Arved Fuchs has a small version of the OceanPack on board the Dagmar Aaen during his Arctic expeditions to collect marine data even in the most remote places, and...

Green Gold: Microalgae cultivated in Northern Germany with Heinz Schelwat, Sea & Sun Organic GmbH 05.04.2022

Haematococcus pluvialis is the name of the microalgae that Heinz Schelwat cultivates in Trappenkamp,  Schleswig-Holstein. When this green freshwater alga comes under stress, it turns bright red and produces the active ingredient astaxanthin - an active ingredient that is considered the most powerful free radical scavenger. Many positive effects are attributed to it. Heinz Schelwat produces the pur...

Research on the Seafloor with Thomas Rauschenbach and Steffen Knodt, Fraunhofer 08.03.2022

In this podcast episode,  we look at exciting research projects and their concrete application. We start directly on the seafloor, accompanying a robot, an autonomous vehicle that can work on its own down there.  And we learn a lot about marine technology research projects of the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft, which is the world's leading research institution for applied research - it is always abo...

Precise Positioning in The Sea with Jürgen Rüffer, ALLSAT GmbH 22.02.2022

Welcome to this podcast episode in which I talk to engineer Jürgen Rüffer. He is the managing director of ALLSAT GmbH in Hanover, where everything revolves around surveying.  Jürgen Rüffer is a geodesist, a surveying expert and much more than that. But where do you actually need surveying at sea? Well, if you've ever seen an offshore installation from the air, you might have noticed that the...

BRIESE RESEARCH with Klaus Küper 08.02.2022

Two points have already become clear: 1. The oceans are important. 2. We know far too little about them. To change that, German research ships are underway on all the world's oceans, carrying all kinds of marine technology, technology that can withstand the harsh conditions of the world's oceans. In this podcast episode, you will get to know Klaus Küper, the man responsible for eight Ger...

The UN Ocean Decade with Gesine Meissner and Steffen Knodt 25.01.2022

Gesine Meißner, Ozeandekaden-Komitee Dr. Steffen Knodt, Ozeandekaden-Komitee https://ozeandekade.de https://www.oceandecade.org https://www.maritime-technik.de https://www.baerbel-fening.de This podcast is also available in German: "Technik und Meer - Faszination Meerestechnik" www.baerbel-fening.de

German Association for Marine Technology GMT with Walter Kühnlein and Sören Ehlers 25.01.2022

Dr. Walter Kühnlein Prof. Dr. Sören Ehlers https://www.maritime-technik.de https://www.baerbel-fening.de This podcast is also available in German: "Technik und Meer - Faszination Meerestechnik" www.baerbel-fening.de

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