UK Marine News
Introduction by Dr Paul Little CBE, Chair of the UK Shipbuilding Skills Taskforce As a seasoned mariner and career academic, and one who strongly
advocates for both technological and professional education and higher skills, I was honoured to be appointed as Chair of the UK Shipbuilding Skills Taskforce.
Now, one year on, as the Taskforce enters its third phase, I am delighted to present our collective UK Shipbuilding Skills Taskforce Report.
This is a game-changing report from an expert Taskforce. It is not the summative output of a well-meaning committee dependent on corporate consultants. Instead, you will read in the following pages the result of a ‘for industry-by-industry’ national endeavour. It is the culmination of intense, weekly deliberations of focused workstreams and solution groups, distilled each month by an earnest Taskforce of shipbuilding and education experts, carefully chosen from all four nations of the UK and drawn from all parts of the UK shipbuilding sector.
Landmark site Trafalgar Wharf acquired by Premier Marinas
Our report chimes with the UK government’s Refresh of its 2017 National Shipbuilding Strategy which heralded a renewed ambition for naval procurement, and which sought to secure greater exports and more domestic contracts for UK shipbuilding. The 2022 National Shipbuilding Strategy Refresh reinforced the government’s ambition for the UK shipbuilding industry, not least with £4bn of government investment into our shipyards and the UK supply chain, together with a clear expectation for greener vessels. Both helpfully highlighted the lynchpin importance of skills, and the implementation of the National Shipbuilding Strategy Refresh is well underway.
Download the full report at
https://bit.ly/3RtJWYO.
Premier Marinas has acquired the Trafalgar Wharf site in Portsmouth Harbour UK from the Trafalgar Group for an undisclosed sum of money. The sale includes the dry stack boat storage, which lays claim to being Europe’s largest indoor dry stack boat storage facility. The well known Trafalgar Shipyard is also included as part of the sale.
Other Trafalgar Group businesses, which include Boat Club Trafalgar, RIBs For Sale, Ballistic RIBs, Thornham Marina and Gatcombe House Serviced Offices are not included in the transaction. They will continue to operate as usual. All of the existing operations team at Trafalgar Wharf will be retained and transferred to Premier Marinas as part of the sale agreement.
“We’re delighted to add the Trafalgar Wharf site to the Premier portfolio and welcome new team members into our family,” said Premier Marinas CEO, Pete Bradshaw. “The acquisition marks yet another milestone for Premier as we continue to invest and grow our business. Trafalgar Wharf adds new capabilities to our group and we’re confident that we will be able to combine the knowledge of the existing team and our wider operational experience to further enhance the site and operations.”
Jonny Boys, Managing Director of The Trafalgar Group, commented: “We’re all about doing things differently and putting our customers first. We’re delighted to be handing the reins to Premier Marinas who share our vision to create fantastic boating and waterside experiences.”
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