Mersey Maritime Innovation Newsletter
Mersey Maritime
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JANUARY 2025 | EDITION 2
Welcome to the January 2025 edition of the Mersey Maritime Innovation Newsletter!
Our Navigating Maritime Innovation in the Liverpool City Region Project continues to gain momentum, following our announcement around it towards the end of last year.
?In this month’s edition you will find:
UPCOMING EVENTS
The second half of Mersey Maritime’s regular ‘Face-2-Face’ networking event on Tuesday 4th February 2025 will include a formal launch of our Navigating Maritime Innovation Project.
The session will take the form of opening remarks from Ruth Wood (CEO) and Simon Eardley (Head of Policy & Innovation), followed by a panel discussion with project partners. The session will detail how members can collaborate with us on delivery of the project, set out its ambitions and objectives and offer an opportunity to hear from leading industry representatives around their innovation focused work and activities. We anticipate that officials from the Department for Transport will be present.
Register to attend HERE
The DfT have now announced a further round of funding, CMDC6, with ￡30 million available. This is designed to support clean maritime technologies including electric, hydrogen, ammonia, methanol, wind power and more. The application window opened on 24 January 2025 and will close on 16 April. Mersey Maritime has been asked to host its own dedicated briefing event at a regional level which will take place as follows:
This regional event will bring together interested industry stakeholders, provide them with an update on CMDC6 and assist with the building of potential consortia to maximise the opportunity presented by the programme.
Register your interest to attend HERE
We are delighted to announce that the first ‘Technology and Innovation Forum’ (TiF) as part of this project will take place as follows:
This TiF will be delivered in partnership with Brookes Bell and focus on: “Ensuring the Future of Ship Safety with Advanced Non-destructive Testing.” Brookes Bell is a globally recognised leader in technical and scientific consultancy services for the maritime and energy industries.?
Register to attend HERE
If you have ideas around areas of focus for future TiF events, please contact a member of the Mersey Maritime team.
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GET INVOLVED WITH THE NAVIGATING MARITIME INNOVATION PROJECT AS OUR INNOVATION MANAGER!
One of the key deliverables of this project, is the recruitment of a dedicated Innovation Manager to undertake key aspects of its work over the next year or so (between March 2025 and March 2026). We are now pleased to get this underway and would be pleased to hear from anyone interested in delivering significant elements of the project outcomes in the months ahead. A job description and specification is available to view HERE
If you would like to discuss this opportunity with us in more detail, please contact a member of the Mersey Maritime team.
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES SUMMARY
Details have been added to the Mersey Maritime Innovation Project webpage of the following funding opportunities:?
?If you are aware of any funding opportunities which we may not have listed here, please contact a member of the Mersey Maritime team.
Click HERE to visit all these funding opportunities.
DEPARTMENT FOR TRANSPORT STRATEGY CONSULTATION
Share your views on how to make transport work better for everyone. The Department for Transport (DfT), United Kingdom is developing a strategy which will set the high-level direction for how transport should be designed, built and operated in England over the next 10 years. It will set out a single national vision which will put people who use transport and their needs at its heart and empower local leaders to deliver integrated transport solutions that meet the needs of their local communities. Whilst this isn’t specifically concerned with maritime, it is important that a maritime voice is heard in determining the overall direction of travel. Share your ideas before 20th February 2025. Call for evidence HERE
LATEST INNOVATION NEWS FROM OUR PARTNERS?
Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Laskaridis Shipping Company Ltd., a leader in the global shipping industry, to establish a collaborative partnership aimed at advancing technological innovation and sustainability in the maritime sector. Read more HERE
Bibby Marine has announced the signing of a new shipbuilding contract with shipyard Armon, to build its innovative electric Commissioning Service Operation Vessel (eCSOV). The eCSOV will feature a battery system complemented by dual-fuel methanol engines offering alternative green operating solutions. Saving thousands of tonnes of CO2 over its lifespan, whilst reducing daily operational costs.?Read more HERE
As the world transitions away from fossil fuels and the renewable energy market grows, the need for safe and robust supply chains is increasing. Hydrogen carriers like ammonia will play an important role in the way we power the planet in the future, but they rely on ports and shipping for their transportation and distribution. Join Royal HaskoningDHV ’s webinar to hear experts in the field discuss the important role of hydrogen fuels in the future, and how you can balance safe and sustainable innovation as you get involved. Read more HERE