THIS MONTH…
- Latest Maritime funding and national newsletter from Maritime UK
- Maritime UK SW Clean Maritime Roadmap Review Meeting, 9th Sept
- More support from Marine Business Technology Centre
- Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP): 2022 to 2023, Round 3
- Poole Maritime Festival Diversity Drives Growth 24th August, Poole
- New marine industry consortium aims to tackle composites recycling challenge
- The State of South-West Seas in 2021
- Smart Sound Plymouth – MASG Seminar
- Harland & Wolff awarded £55 million contract to regenerate former royal navy mine-hunting vessel
- Event: Natural Capital – Business and the Environment Working Together, 7th Sept
- £30 Million Fast Start Boost For Cutting-Edge Start-Ups; Competition Opens 11th July 2022
- Maritime UK SW at Sea Tech Week 26th – 30th September 2022 at Brest France.
- MAAT – Marine Autonomy Project Survey
- Report: technology innovation and economic growth opportunities from clean maritime propulsion systems
- Decarbonising Ports & Harbours
Maritime UK SW Clean Maritime Roadmap Review Meeting, 9th Sept
In June 2020 organizations from across the South West came together, hosted by Maritime UK SW to create an action plan to shift the dial on clean maritime in the South West. Since that time considerable progress has been made in fulfilling the plan created, “Maritime UK SW Clean Maritime Roadmap“.
This face to face (with the option of MS Teams) meeting will be an opportunity for the network to review and re-plan further actions to be carried out in partnership. In addition an agenda has been pulled together to help organisations looking to advance clean maritime to network, learn more about what is happening and opportunities nationally and also to obtain funding to progress their plans.
Marine sector to benefit from more support from Marine Business Technology Centre
New funding means the Marine Business Technology Centre (MBTC) in Plymouth will operate for another 12 months, providing valuable innovation support to businesses in the Devon. Based in Plymouth’s Oceansgate development, the MBTC has supported nearly 400 businesses since it was established in 2018.
The MBTC is a partnership led by Plymouth City Council with the Marine Biological Association (MBA), Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML), the University of Plymouth and the University of Exeter.
Funded partnering with a research organisation to bring new knowledge and innovation into your business: Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP): 2022 to 2023, Round 3
The Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) programme allows a businesses or not for profit organisations to partner with a UK education institution, research and technology organisation (RTO) or Catapult to deliver a specific, strategic innovation project.
Poole Maritime Festival Diversity Drives Growth 24th August, Poole
Join Womens Engineering Society Hants and Dorset Cluster and Poole Marine Hub for an inspirational morning at Yunex Traffic. Learn from our speakers about their career paths, discover how to get the best from networking and the different initiatives locally to support diversity and inclusion.
New marine industry consortium aims to tackle composites recycling challenge
A new consortium has been formed to address the growing challenge of decarbonisation and recycling of composite materials in the marine industry and beyond, with a long-term aim of creating the UK’s first glass fibre composites recycling and re-use facility of its kind. Led by Guernsey-based marine consultancy Blue Parameters, the ‘Blue Composites Project’ is supported by the National Composites Centre (NCC) and a number of the UK’s leading marine and maritime companies, composites specialists, academic institutions and local government organisations, with the aim to break ground in composites recycling and re-use to address the key environmental challenges facing the UK’s marine industry in its transition to zero emission shipping by 2050.
The State of South-West Seas in 2021
Plymouth Marine Laboratory has contributed to the eighth report in the series, which brings the marine and coastal community together to record changes in local seas.
Smart Sound Plymouth - MASG Seminar
Gain an insight into what exciting projects the Smart Sound Plymouth are working on and get an update on their Wolfson Foundation funding.
The Smart Sound facilitates trials, validation and proving of marine innovative technologies across a diverse environment. All missions will be facilitated by a dedicated team in compliance with MAS codes of conduct and de-conflicted with other water users. From trials in shallow benign environments to deeper hostile waters Smart Sound can facilitate a wide range of conditions to suit the user’s particular requirements.
Harland & Wolff awarded £55 million contract to regenerate former royal navy mine-hunting vessel
Harland & Wolff have been awarded a £55 million contract to regenerate an ex-Navy mine-hunting vessel, HMS QUORN.
John Wood, Group CEO of Harland & Wolff commented: “I am thrilled that we have been awarded the M55 Contract. This is a watershed moment.
Event: Natural Capital - Business and the Environment Working Together, 7th Sept
Maritime UK SW at Sea Tech Week 26th – 30th September 2022 at Brest France.
MAAT - Marine Autonomy Project Survey
A new programme is in development, focused on supporting research, innovation and economic activity around Maritime Autonomy for the UK, and provide a platform to remove barriers to adoption of MAS. To help optimise the design of the programme and identify how best to support the Maritime Autonomy sector overall, the project leads are undertaking a survey.
£30 million Fast Start boost for cutting-edge start-ups; competition opens 11th July 2022
Competition opens 11th July 2022. Innovate UK is launching a brand new series of grants worth £30 million to back innovative UK businesses in fast-starting innovation and boosting the UK economy.
Fast Start: Innovation grants Innovate UK’s new series of Fast Start: Innovation grants will give hundreds of UK small and micro-businesses the opportunity to grow and realise their ideas faster.
These grants, of up to £50,000 each, will provide a fast way to boost cash flow, helping to propel those highly innovative ideas that have a clear route to commercialisation.
Report: technology innovation and economic growth opportunities from clean maritime propulsion systems
Regen’s new study in conjunction with University of Exeter’s Centre for Future Clean Mobility, outlines the technology innovation and economic growth opportunities that clean maritime propulsion systems can offer the UK and how the South West can capitalise on these opportunities to spearhead the growth of the sector.
Latest Maritime funding and national newsletter from Maritime UK
Visit the Maritime UK funding page for all the latest funding opportunities and sign up to a new national newsletter.
Decarbonising Ports & Harbours
The Decarbonising of Ports & Harbours Innovation Network aims to convene a community that addresses the challenges of decarbonising, reducing emissions of greenhouse gases and improving localised air quality. The desired end-result of the Innovation Network’s activity is a sector-led proposal for a government-industry partnership and stimulus package.
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