Safe Harbor Marinas Partners With 4Ocean

4ocean, the purpose-driven Public Benefit Corporation founded to help end the world’s ocean plastic crisis, has announced its latest partnership, with Safe Harbor Marinas.

To help minimize ocean plastic pollution, Safe Harbor will install and use 4ocean’s latest technology—the 4ocean Harbor Skimmer—as part of its pilot program to remove plastics and other pollution from marinas and harbors. Safe Harbor will install the skimmers at several of its more than 95 locations with the intention of nationwide deployment over time.

4ocean’s Harbor Skimmer is a 450-gallon unit that acts like a pool skimmer for the ocean. As unwanted debris and plastic pollution float into the vicinity of the skimmer, they are gently sucked into the machine and held in the collection bin until it is serviced. The machine runs 24 hours a day and is monitored regularly by trained employees to ensure no wildlife is harmed during the cleaning process.

In February 2020, the brands began working together to incorporate 4ocean Harbor Skimmers in several Safe Harbor locations throughout Florida, including: Safe Harbor Old Port Cove (North Palm Beach); Safe Harbor Calusa Island (Goodland); Safe Harbor Burnt Store (Punta Gorda); and Safe Harbor Pier 77 (Bradenton). The machines were strategically positioned in a location within each marina basin that tends to accumulate floating debris and plastic so that the skimmers can have maximum impact.