Achievements of the Society of Marime Industries


terminals infrastructure finance”, and “Current trends in shipping”. Furthermore, our visits programme included a visit to the London Medway, Sheerness, courtesy of Peel Ports, the COAST (Coastal, Ocean and Sediment Transport) Laboratory at the University of Plymouth and the Cammell Laird shipyard in Birkenhead.


Members who exhibit at the biennial ocean technology exhibion, Ocean Business, are able to take advantage of a special SMI rate. This hands‐on exhibion and training forum has carved out a major slot in the internaonal trade show calendar and SMI is proud to have been a partner with Diversified Communicaons UK in this show since its incepon 10 years ago.


Special Awards


New Chairman Russell Gould welcomes the new Honorary Officers ‐ Duncan Cunningham, Peter French and Ed Bates


Board since 1993, also rered at the AGM. SMI wishes to place on record its appreciaon for the considerable contribuon made by Peter and Duncan in the development of the associaon.


A regular and valuable source of contact between members across all of SMI’s interest groups is the member only discussion meengs arranged in our boardroom. These are held with invited speakers around a parcular business topic and generate opportunies for members to develop informal business collaboraons. As these events are not on our open calendar they are the ‘hidden’ benefit of being a member of SMI.


Members’ Services


Members are able to enjoy the free use of the 20 seat board room in the SMI’s headquarters, which is in a presgious locaon in the heart of the City of London. Whether it is meeng clients from other parts of the UK or overseas or bringing together personnel from around the UK, our facility is ideal and has been well used during the year.


Our web portal connues to be at the core of the informaon stream we provide for our members, who are also able to have their news releases and newsleers published on the web site thereby increasing their footprint on the internet. The team of experts within SMI are also a valuable source of informaon for companies wishing to explore new markets or find their way through the labyrinthine process of selling into the domesc defence business!


Our seminar programme has covered topics such as “Accessing business opportunies in the naval programmes of Australia”, “Reducing the costs for the offshore wind energy sector”, “Monitoring microplascs in the oceans”, “Quantum technologies in the marine sector”, “Cyber security in ports”, “Ports and


14 Society of Marime Industries Handbook & Members’ Directory 2018 Joseph Marn (right) being awarded the SMI Donald Maxwell Award by Chairman Russell Gould Acknowledgement of Member Support


SMI relies on the acve support of its members in a variety of capacies which ensures we connue to meet the needs of the industry. Through SMI’s Board of Directors and Councils, 106 members are involved with the running of SMI and seng its policy agenda. Following elecons we welcomed no less than 15 new members to serve on the Board and the Councils ensuring that a broad cross secon of the membership contributes to our work and provides a valuable resource for new ideas.


SMI runs two awards each year funded by a trust fund set up in memory of Mr Donald Maxwell, the founder director‐general of SMI’s predecessor organisaon, BMEC. In 2017 the AMSI Council Business Person of the Year Award was presented to Dr Michael Osborne, Managing Director of OceanWise Limited. The Student Award went to Joseph Marn who is studying for a Bachelor Degree of Engineering in Marine Technology with Naval Architecture, School of Marine Science and Technology, Newcastle University, for his paper “Air Flow Over Commercial Vessel Super‐Structures with Respect To [Emergency] Air‐Sea Operaons” and was presented to him by SMI’s Chairman at the AGM Luncheon.


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