www.maritimeindustries.org
an introduction
The maritime sector is of fundamental importance to the UK. It underpins our international trade and power as an island nation.
It supports over 957,000 jobs, creating productivity of £78k per person (50% higher than UK average), £37.4bn Gross Value Added and £12bn exports. The global maritime market has scope to grow substantially in a trillion‐dollar market by 2030. Innovation has been described as essential to the sector. However, sector innovation is not often coordinated or attuned to national priorities, and no independent body has oversight. Work undertaken by eight maritime companies (Babcock, BAE Systems, BMT Group, Cammell Laird, Lloyd’s Register, QinetiQ, Rolls‐Royce and Shell), and four universities (Newcastle, Southampton, Strathclyde and UCL), supported by the Society of Maritime Industries, has shaped an initiative, which addresses the lack of coordination and resource in the maritime research and development, that is MarRI‐UK.
MarRI‐UK will provide coherence and leverage across the UK’s Maritime Research & Innovation, building on strong and globally recognised expertise. A maritime sector strengthened by MarRI‐UK will help the co‐ordination of research across the sector by giving an understanding of commercial opportunities aligned to a shared roadmap.
n WHAT? – Maritime research and innovation centre with focus on Technology and Systems.
n WHY? – Need for collaboration and synergy nationwide to meet challenges and opportunities in maritime sector.
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n WHO? – Key specialists from industry, academia, and representative bodies in a collaborative partnership.
n WHEN? – Year zero establishment on 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020 funded by Department for Transport, Babcock, and BMT to build an initial five‐year research and innovation agenda and priorities extending to continuous joint innovation outputs.
n HOW? – Prescriptive long term research and innovation programme driven by industry needs, coupled with bottom‐up fundamental research projects. A small core team and office at Strathclyde hub supported by spokes in key industrial & academic partners around the UK.
In March 2019, this unique initiative gained government recognition when the Department for Transport (DfT), alongside investment from Babcock and BMT, agreed to fund the establishment of MarRI‐UK. MarRI‐UK is now launching a £1M competition for innovative ways to reduce maritime emissions on behalf of DfT. The competition was announced 11th July in London by the Maritime Minister, Nusrat Ghani as part of The Clean Maritime Plan, an ambitious plan set out by the Minister to cut pollution from the country’s maritime sector.
MarRI‐UK is now established with a small core team, hosted by the University of Strathclyde. Other organisations are being invited to join as a member and shape the research and innovation agenda. Membership will be opened to all UK industries of different sizes from August.
To increase the global competitive position of the UK maritime sector THROUGH The identification, development and exploitation of new/emerging technologies USING
A collaborative approach involving key specialists from industry academia, government and representative bodies
Society of Maritime Industries Annual Review 2019
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