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The construction of a new storage facility for the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (IOW) began today with the traditional ground-breaking ceremony in Rostock’s fishing harbour. The building will provide additional capacity for equipment storage and climate-controlled sediment core storage as well as additional workshop space. The construction project has a total volume of around 2.44 million euros and is being realised with funds from the federal and state governments, represented by the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space and the Ministry of Science, Culture, Federal and European Affairs of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Completion is scheduled for summer 2026.
The new building with just under 890 square metres of floor space and a gross volume of over 4,000 cubic metres is being built as an extension to an existing IOW storage facility at Rostock-Marienehe, a site, which is a key element of the IOW’s logistical infrastructure due to its proximity to the berth of the research vessel ‘Elisabeth Mann Borgese’. Currently, equipment for research cruises and scientific diving as well as 550 sediment cores up to 20 metres long from the seabed of the Baltic Sea and other coastal seas plus several thousand other samples are already stored here. The new facility will provide additional space for storage and workshops. It will be fitted with a state-of-the-art cold store to ensure that the specific requirements for archiving marine geological samples and biological materials under controlled environmental conditions are met here as well. A photovoltaic system on the roof will significantly reduce the facility’s energy consumption.
“Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is highly recognised internationally for its achievements in marine research. We owe this to the excellent research work at the IOW in good co-operation with the state’s universities and other research institutes. Our government supports this work and is prioritising it in its research policy,” emphasised Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania’s Science Minister Bettina Martin at the ground-breaking ceremony. “Excellent facilities and modern conditions are essential for successful research at the IOW. That is why we are supporting the institute with this new building together with the federal government. With sufficient space for the sediment core repository the new storage facility is essential for the research location and directly contributes to the work of the German research fleet and the Deutsche Allianz Meeresforschung (German Marine Research Alliance). I am very pleased that the federal government has also prioritised marine research in its coalition agreement and wants to promote it, an endeavour, to which Mecklenburg-Vorpommern gladly contributes,” said the Minister.
“With the new building in Rostock-Marienehe, we are not just creating storage space – we are creating space for the future of excellent marine research,” MV Finance Minister Heiko Geue added. “Our colleagues from the Rostock State Building and Property Office, which is part of the Ministry of Finance, are supporting the project with great care and expertise – from planning to completion. It is an important signal that the roof will be equipped with a photovoltaic system. The building project will not just result in a functional technical facility, but is a future-oriented example of how we as a state are taking responsibility for research and sustainability in equal measure," Geue continued.
“We are very pleased that the federal and state governments are providing the funds for the urgently needed additional capacity,” stressed IOW Director Oliver Zielinski on the occasion of the construction start in Marienehe. “In addition to creating more storage space for valuable samples under state-of-the-art conditions, it also strengthens the logistical infrastructure in the home port of our research vessels ‘Elisabeth Mann Borgese’ and ‘Maria S. Merian’. This important step not only benefits the IOW, but also all our research partners,” concluded the marine physicist.
The funding, totalling about 2.44 million euros, is being provided in equal parts by the federal and state governments, represented by the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space and the Ministry of Science, Culture, Federal and European Affairs of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The building is realised by the Rostock State Building and Property Office, which is part of the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Ministry of Finance.
Press Contacts:
Leibniz Institue for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (IOW)
Dr. Kristin Beck | phone: +49 381 5197 135 | e mail: presse@io-warnemuende.de
Ministry of Science, Culture, Federal and European Affairs of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Christoph Wohlleben | phone: +49 385 588 18003 | e mail: presse@wkm.mv-regierung.de
Ministry of Finance of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Dr. Anna Lewerenz | phone: +49 385-588 14003 | e mail: presse@fm.mv-regierung.de
At the ground-breaking ceremony (f. r.): IOW Director Oliver Zielinski, MV Science Minister Bettina ...
Source: Sabrina Scholz
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