ORE Catapult O&M Centre of Excellence, Grimsby
ORE CatapultGrimsby
ORE Catapult’s Operations and Maintenance Centre of Excellence is based at the Port of Grimsby. Its owner-published offer includes 5G robotics and autonomous-system demonstrations, condition-monitoring sensor deployment, remote testing across connected real and digital assets, and STUDS simulation. The office contact address is separate from the dock and offshore testbed assets. Applications and exact work arrangements need agreement with the OMCE team.
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Key facts
- Office contact location
- The owner lists O&M Centre of Excellence at ORE Catapult, Port Office, Cleethorpe Road, Grimsby DN31 3LL. OMCE is described as being at the Port of Grimsby.
- Testbed asset setting
- The exact robotics-page OMCE block names Grimsby dock and the Lynn and Inner Dowsing offshore wind farm as robotics and autonomous-system demonstration settings.
- Physical and virtual services
- 5G PORTAL supports demonstrations and sensor deployment in an operational wind-farm setting. Connected real/digital assets support remote testing. STUDS is a virtual software and hardware-in-loop proof-of-concept environment.
- Facility enquiry route
- The OMCE page welcomes 5G PORTAL applications and service enquiries via Katharine.york@ore.catapult.org.uk. No separately verified current-person role, phone, booking slot or access entitlement is claimed.
Testing capabilities
5G robotics, autonomous-system and sensor demonstrations
The owner describes 5G PORTAL testing and demonstrations of robotics and autonomous systems in a full-scale operational wind farm, plus deployment of condition-monitoring sensors. The exact OMCE robotics block names Grimsby dock and Lynn and Inner Dowsing offshore wind farm. It supplies no verified radio coverage, throughput, latency or reliability guarantee.
Remote operations testing across connected assets
OMCE describes development, demonstration, testing and qualification using blended techniques across connected real and digital assets for remote operations and maintenance. This owner description does not establish a particular certified method, report status or numerical test envelope.
STUDS virtual proof of concept
Synthetic Test and Unified Demonstration System is described as a simulation tool for fleets of robotics and autonomous systems. Its virtual environment supports software and hardware-in-the-loop proof of concept. Simulation is distinct from a completed physical trial or operational performance result.
Equipment and published limits
| Specification | Published value | Conditions |
|---|---|---|
| Published testbed setting | Grimsby dock and Lynn and Inner Dowsing offshore wind farm | Exact OMCE demonstration-asset context. It is separate from the Port Office address and does not guarantee access to every asset or a radio-performance range. |
| STUDS environment | Virtual software and hardware-in-the-loop proof of concept | Owner simulation description, with no published numerical fleet limit, model fidelity, latency or physical test envelope verified. |
Access and contact
Use Katharine.york@ore.catapult.org.uk for 5G PORTAL applications and OMCE service enquiries. The owner lists the contact office at Port Office, Cleethorpe Road, Grimsby DN31 3LL. Its general info email and form are separate routes. Agree the required dock, wind-farm, connected-asset or virtual environment, equipment integration, site access, data arrangements, method, reporting, costs and programme with the team.
Facility contact
- Address
- Port Office, Cleethorpe Road
Grimsby, DN31 3LL
United Kingdom - Website
- Official test house website
Standards and accreditation
- OMCE method and report status
- No exact OMCE testing standard or accredited site/method schedule was verified in the inspected current pages. Owner testing and qualification wording does not establish a certified result. Confirm the required method and report status with the team.
- Provider-wide accreditation context
- The shared footer lists DNV ISO 9001/14001/45001 management-system certifications and UKAS ISO/IEC 17025:2017 laboratory 2769. Those provider-wide statements are not a verified OMCE-specific method allocation.
What to confirm with the facility
- The contact office, dock and offshore wind-farm assets are distinct locations. Physical demonstrations, connected-asset testing and STUDS simulation are also distinct services. No unrestricted access or successful operational result is inferred.
- No radio-performance limits, robot payload or fleet capacity, certified test outcome or present slot is verified. Separate DARE, NOAH, Levenmouth, clean-maritime and other ORE programmes do not extend this OMCE guide.
- Set out the proposed system, test objective, environment, integration needs, data and reporting requirements, access constraints and programme so the team can confirm suitability.
Before requesting a test
Public information not available. Contact test facility provider for more information.
Frequently asked questions
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Related testing facilities
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Further reading
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Sources and review
Reviewed by Arc on 1 October 2026 in Europe/London using three fresh official owner pages. Exact OMCE identity, three service groups, published mailbox and named office contact block are mapped separately from dock and offshore assets, provider-wide accreditation and other-location programmes. Original titles, site-root canonicals and absent date metadata are retained with body, header and retrieval records. No page publication or modification dates were verified. The staging-host link on the robotics page is recorded but not used as a public source. Earlier discovery, including the 5G specification PDF, remains unchanged and supplies no current factual claims. Imported town coordinates and general contact assumptions are cleared.
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ORE Catapult Operations and Maintenance Centre of Excellence
The owner identifies OMCE at the Port of Grimsby. It describes 5G robotics/autonomous and sensor demonstrations, blended remote testing across real/digital assets, and STUDS virtual software/hardware-in-loop proof of concept. The page welcomes 5G applications via Katharine.york@ore.catapult.org.uk. Clean-maritime, circular-economy and wider programme descriptions do not establish extra test methods or unrestricted access. The provider-wide accreditation footer is not an exact OMCE method scope. The original canonical is the site root, with no verified page date.
ORE Catapult contact page, Grimsby O&M Centre of Excellence
The Grimsby block lists O&M Centre of Excellence, ORE Catapult, Port Office, Cleethorpe Road, Grimsby DN31 3LL. This is the office contact location, distinct from dock and offshore testbed assets. The general info email/form is separate from the facility page’s enquiry route. Other locations and directions links are not transferred or geocoded. The original canonical is the site root, with no verified page date.
ORE Catapult robotics page, OMCE 5G testbed block
The OMCE block names robotics/autonomous testing and demonstrations in Grimsby dock and Lynn and Inner Dowsing offshore wind farm. Generic multi-location services and separate DARE, NOAH and Levenmouth descriptions are not OMCE equipment, methods or limits. The original canonical is the site root, with no verified page date. A staging-host OMCE link is retained in inspection only and is not used as a public source URL.