Maritime
As an island nation the UK has traditionally been a leading player in the global maritime industry.
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The maritime industry is critical to the UK economy with approximately 95% of all imports and exports transported by sea, including 25% of the UK’s energy supply, and 48% of the country’s food supplies. Maritime business services directly contribute £2 billion gross value added (GVA) to the UK economy; this is expanded to £5 billion GVA if the wider impacts of the sector are considered.
In addition to freight and goods movements the UK has a significant maritime tourism and leisure industry which was valued at £3.12 billion in 2017. The UK has a thriving and growing cruise sector with 1.96 million cruises sold in the UK in 2017, half of which started at a British port.
The UK is also a world leader in maritime services such as insurance, regulation and certification with London being the global hub for all such services.
Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition
To celebrate the success of the Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition, Innovate UK Business Connect, on behalf of the Department for Transport and Innovate UK, has collated a series of videos into an online showcase highlighting all the innovative projects winning a share of the £23m funding. These projects represent some of the best examples of UK organisations being world leaders in clean smart maritime technologies of the future which will springboard the UK maritime sector’s transition towards Net Zero.
Browse the videos here.
Related Opportunities
Transport Research and Innovation Grants 2024
Opens: 17/04/2024 Closes: 21/05/2024
The latest round of the Government’s Transport Research and Innovation Grant (TRIG) is now open, with organisations and academics able to win up to £45k in funding.
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International Green Corridors Fund: UK – IE Feasibility Studies
Opens: 15/04/2024 Closes: 30/05/2024
UK registered organisations and Irish organisations can apply for a share of €1m for joint R&D projects focused on UK and IE Green Shipping Corridor routes.
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Hydrogen Innovation Initiative Venture Building Programme
Opens: 08/04/2024 Closes: 26/04/2024
Develop collaborative ventures to commercialise hydrogen technologies for logistics, centred around the river Thames.
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Innovation Exchange challenge: Solutions for the Anchor Monitoring, Focussing on Anchor Slippage
Opens: 19/04/2024 Closes: 27/05/2024
The Innovation Exchange is working to identify innovative solutions for monitoring anchor movement and slippage on floating offshore wind turbines.
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Innovation Exchange challenge: Remotely Operated, Quick Release Mooring Line Tensioners
Opens: 19/04/2024 Closes: 27/05/2024
The Innovation Exchange is working to identify innovative solutions for remotely operated quick release mechanisms for floating offshore wind turbine mooring systems.
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Innovate UK innovation loans future economy: round 14
Opens: 07/03/2024 Closes: 01/05/2024
UK registered businesses can apply for loans for innovative projects with strong commercial potential to significantly improve the UK economy.
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Horizon Europe webinar - Clean and competitive solutions for all transport modes
10.30 - 12.00 GMT | Online