The UKs £500 million Blue Planet Fund supports developing countries to protect the marine environment and reduce poverty. Details The Blue Planet Fund helps developing countries: reduce poverty protect and sustainably manage their marine resources deal with human-generated threats across 4 key themes: biodiversity, climate change, marine pollution and sustainable seafood Blue Planet Fund – […]
During London International Shipping Week 2021, Maritime UK is hosting a number of events taking place from 13-17 September. Throughout the week Maritime UK events will focus on each of its collective “national priorities”, including people, regional growth, the environment, innovation and competitiveness. Monday 13 September Pride in Maritime Industry Roundtable Tuesday 14 September 2021 […]
Call for potential end users – Weather observations technology JET Engineering System Solutions (JET), S&AO, Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) and the Satellite Applications Catapult are working together to develop and deliver unique technological capabilities to provide detailed, localised and nowcast weather observations within the marine environment. These measurements will focus specifically on surface precipitation and […]
The National Lottery Heritage Fund grants a £9.5million Heritage Horizon Award to UKs first National Marine Park: Plymouth Sound Heritage Horizon Award instrumental in shaping Plymouth Sounds future The UK’s first National Marine Park aims to protect the area’s estimated 1,000 species of marine life and vast seafaring economy This Park in the Sea will […]
Innovate UK EDGE is partnering with the Catapult Network to award grants to ambitious high growth SMEs. Under this scheme SMEs can receive up to £15,000* to spend on the services and support delivered by the Catapult Network including: Exploration and testing of new product ideas The provision of technical expertise and sector knowledge Advice […]
Natural Resources Wales (NRW) and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) are sponsoring this challenge which is looking to track underwater species behaviour and movements in and around tidal stream turbines. Whilst very few collisions have ever been recorded between underwater species (birds, mammals or fish) and tidal turbine blades, not enough […]
Maritime Ambassadors Network Maritime UK have established an ambassadors network to support careers activity in schools and colleges nationally. Currently all that work is happening remotely, but in time we hope that will go back to being face to face and onsite visits. We are working with an organisation called Inspiring the Future who run […]
A range of different innovation funding calls are currently available which are part of the Horizon Europe Framework Programme. Calls Cover high power fuel cells, on board power storage for ammonia and hydrogen, preventing methane slip from LNG engines, ammonia engine feasibility, Digital Twin models to enable green ship operation, sustainable fuel deployment, on-board energy […]
Marine-i has announced its support for a pioneering new mooring system for use in Falmouth Harbour. Such a system would help to increase the operating capacity in the harbour, without the need for large-scale infrastructure development. Part funded by the European Regional Development Fund, Marine-i is designed to help the marine tech sector in Cornwall […]
Two years ago, City College Plymouth became part of the South West Institute of Technology bringing in over £2m of investment with £1.5m of that going into our state of the art Oceansgate Phase 2 facility, which is due to open in July 2021 with full curriculum delivery from September 2021 Situated in the Marine […]
