Market Research on Ocean Technologies by KAMA FLOW and ANO “Ocean Economy: Center for Marine Innovation”

Underwater robotics, marine biotechnology, digital monitoring, aquaculture, and the Arctic are providing Russia with the foundation for a new technology market. In the OceanTech 2026 report, KAMA FLOW, the ANO “Ocean Economy: Center for Marine Innovation,” RTU MIREA, and the Skolkovo Innovation Center explored promising niches for Russia and assessed which scientific schools, engineering teams, and industrial challenges could form the basis for new companies and applied solutions.

Today, the OceanTech sector is growing by 6–10% annually — roughly twice as fast as the global economy and comparable to the growth dynamics of the IT sector. According to the authors’ estimates, the global ocean economy could reach $3.7–3.8 trillion by the early 2030s. For investors, the segment is attractive due to its combination of deeptech developments, demand from major customers, the environmental agenda, and large-scale infrastructure projects.

Experts identify the main constraints on market development as the high cost of R&D, long testing cycles, limited access to capital, and the lack of effective commercialization mechanisms.