17 September, 14:00 – 17:00, St Katharine’s Dock, London, E1W 1LA
MarRI-UK, the University of Southampton and ACUA Ocean invite you to a Showcase of Hydrogen Fuels for the Maritime Sector — highlighting the potential of hydrogen as a clean maritime fuel and its role in the next generation of uncrewed systems.
Join us as part of London International Shipping Week on the 17th September 2025 at St Katharine Docks for an afternoon of presentations and panel discussions.
Programme
| 14:00 – 14:15: Arrival and welcome, MarRI-UK |
| 14:15 – 14:30: An introduction to USV PIONEER, Neil Tinmouth, CEO, ACUA Ocean |
| 14:30 – 15:00: Hydrogen lessons learnt through USV PIONEER, Ben Nicholson, Hydrogen Engineer, ACUA Ocean |
| 15:00 – 15:15: Hydrogen fuel cell data for smarter decision making, University of Southampton |
| 15:15 – 15:45: Panel discussion on the future of hydrogen fuels in the maritime industry featuring Ben Medland, Drift Energy and Jehan Kanga, RUX Energy. More panellists will be announced soon. |
| 16:00 – 17:00: Tours of USV PIONEER at HMS President |
| 17:00 – 20:00: Food, drinks and networking with a range of maritime technology startups in attendance |
Following the presentations there will be an opportunity for a first-hand look at USV PIONEER, which will be berthed at nearby HMS President, opposite the iconic Tower Bridge, followed by food, drinks and networking until 8pm.
PIONEER, a hydrogen-powered USV, is the first vessel to receive regulatory approval for a remotely operated and unmanned vessel (ROUV) under the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s (MCA) Workboat Code Edition 3 (WBC3) Annex 2.
Registration
There is limited tickets so please register here. For any questions please get in touch with us at marri-uk-dmem@strath.ac.uk.