The University of Plymouth will be hosting this event during their Research Festival 2021. Fishing nets and other gear account for a significant proportion of plastic pollution in the marine environment, causing harm to habitats and organisms and breaking down into smaller particles until becoming microplastics. Fishing is heavily relied upon for global food production, so how […]
The aim of this competition is to address key research and development opportunities in the UK power electronics, machines, and drives (PEMD) supply chain to support the UK’s drive towards net zero. This is to facilitate UK niche and volume supply chain and manufacturing capability growth in PEMD. By niche supply chain we mean low […]
Maritime UK SW Sponsor, Applied Genomics, based at Brixham Environmental Lab, have developed a sensitive environmental DNA Sampling tool which acts as an early warning system helping maritime ports to detect, monitor and manage invasive non-native marine organisms which potentially threaten the marine environment in ports and their surrounding coastal waters. Invasive non-native species are […]
The Ministry of Defence (MOD), Dorset Council and Dorset LEP have invested in the construction of a new Defence Innovation Centre, at Dorset Innovation Park Enterprise Zone. It will provide 1100 m2 new office space and 450 m2 new workshop space for MOD innovation, collaboration and conferences. The centre will incorporate the Army Battle Lab and will […]
We’d love to invite you to join five-time America’s Cup winner, Olympic gold medallist and SailGP CEO Sir Russell Coutts for a virtual event to discuss the forthcoming Great Britain Grand Prix, hosted by Plymouth this summer. The Great Britain Grand Prix | Plymouth takes place 17-18 July and the forum is designed to […]
Innovation Challenge funding for marine and maritime through the Knowledge Transfer Network Climate control for vessels Non-destructive testing of GRP vessels On behalf of Artemis Technologies 4 challenges suitable for both maritime companies and the wider supply chain these include: Battery systems Collision avoidance and sensor technologies Bio-fouling detection and avoidance Ride-height and actuation sensing
MarRI-UK, supported by the Department for Transport (DfT), has allocated up to £1.35M to fund projects through a competition that will support the development of technology, innovations or services relating to Smart Maritime Land Operations and show potential to demonstrate measurable benefits to the UK Maritime Sector. MarRI-UK is looking to place a single […]
SMART PORT ENTREPRENEURIAL ECOSYSTEM DEVELOPMENT SPEED is a European Interreg project aimed at building a smart port ecosystem, bridging the gap between the worlds of European ports, the nascent data science and IoT market. In addition to building online and offline arenas for interaction between ports and their stakeholders, SPEED also enables the development of governance […]
Pitch your Marine-Tech product to international buyers in a way that has never been done before, using the power of Augmented Reality (AR). Applications close: Midnight Wednesday 16th December The Department for International Trade (DIT) South West, Business West and AR specialists Render are launching the first-of-its-kind immersive augmented reality (AR) platform for cross-border sales […]
The South West Floating Offshore Wind Accelerator project is ready to go with money set aside for grants and we are now looking for feedback and support from potential industry collaborators before submitting the full £66m application later this month. If you have a few moments, please let us know: If you think that you would […]
