Our goal is to reinvent the maritime industry, from the initial concept development, design and engineering, building outfitting and commissioning, through service and operations to decommissioning and recycling.

Our target is the smart ship from the smart shipyard in the smart port in the smart city.

Maritime Center of Excellence (MCoE) is an innovation driven entrepreneurship maritime organisation connecting talents, knowledge and resources within the Adriatic Sea region. Located in Rijeka the biggest harbour in Croatia and traditionally maritime city, we are combining excellence and innovation, research and development to become epicentre for the blue economy in Adriatic region.

Our goal is to work with educational institutions, associations and social partners, businesses and authorities and act as catalyst for sharing ideas, harnessing research and development, advancing technology and tackling shared challenges.

The MCoE team is formed of 30 experts from the technology and maritime sector and is combined from passionate Naval Architects, Machinery Engineers, Electrical Engineers, IT experts (software developers and system administrators), MBA’s, PhD’s and Innovators working closely together as a One Team.
Key strength of our work and solutions lies in a fact that it is being developed by the maritime industry for the maritime industry.