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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
European Space Agency: Maritime Decarbonisation
Opens: 01/06/2024 Closes: 28/02/2025
ESA seeks to support development of sustainable space-based services and applications related to maritime decarbonisation.
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European Space Agency: Maritime Decarbonisation through Autonomy
Apply before 28 Feb 2025
Maritime autonomous systems offer transformative opportunities to make the sector cleaner, more energy-efficient, and environmentally sustainable.
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Innovation Exchange challenge: Measuring Atmospheric Stability through Measurements of Temperature, Humidity and Pressure in Remote Marine Locations
Opens: 08/07/2024 Closes: 08/11/2024
Innovation Exchange seeks to identify innovative solutions for measuring atmospheric stability in remote marine locations.
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Innovation Exchange Challenge: Autonomous Geophysical 3D Characterisation for Offshore Wind Subsea Surveys
Opens: 10/08/2024 Closes: 08/11/2024
The iX programme is supporting Ocean Winds (a 50-50 joint venture of ENGIE and EDP Renewables) to find innovators who can provide a solution to the offshore wind industry’s subsea 3D sub-bottom profile measurement challenge.
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Innovation Exchange Challenge: Nature inclusive solutions for floating offshore wind farms
Opens: 05/09/2024 Closes: 08/11/2024
The iX programme is supporting Ocean Winds (a 50-50 joint venture of ENGIE and EDP Renewables) to find innovators that can provide a solution to offshore wind industry’s nature inclusive designs challenge for floating offshore wind farms.
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Innovation Exchange Challenge: Acquiring actionable ecological data in offshore wind farms
Opens: 05/09/2024 Closes: 08/11/2024
The iX programme is supporting Ocean Winds (a 50-50 joint venture of ENGIE and EDP Renewables) to find innovators that can provide a solution to the offshore wind industry’s ecology monitoring challenge for offshore wind farms.