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| MarRI-UK Newsletter Spring 2024 Foreword from Simon Reid, Director of MarRI-UK |
I can not believe it is almost April already! It has been a very busy quarter for MarRI-UK with five new members joining us, three of which are our first cohort of Micro-Companies who join as part of our Micro-Company Membership Access Scheme! We also celebrate within our Membership two CMDC4 successes and our Membership Research Programme is now beginning to take shape. Planning for our Postgraduate Conference is almost complete and we hope to welcome many of you there to hear about the many exciting research topics currently underway by our university members. It is also a time of change for MarRI-UK as we thank Dr Ian Whitfield for his time as our Academic Group Chair and welcome Dr Christopher Smith into the role. One thing I would like to draw your attention to is our weekly Shipping Briefing email that we send out every Friday. This is a fantastic resource which showcases much of what is happening across the wider sector and we think it would be something of deep interest to those subscribed to our quarterly newsletter. To sign up follow the link here. Once again thank you for all your support of MarRI-UK and if you see anything in the newsletter you want to find out more about, please always feel free to reach out. We are passionate about always increasing the scope for collaboration in the Maritime Sector and we would love to hear from you. |
| MarRI-UK Welcomes Clean Marine Shipping as our latest Tier 3 Member |
 MarRI-UK is proud to announce that Clean Marine Shipping (CMS) has become the latest company to join MarRI-UK as a Tier 3 Industrial Member. CMS are experts in innovative hydrogen fuel cell technology and are dedicated to showcasing how hydrogen can be utilised to both rapidly decarbonise the maritime sector while retaining profitability. This synergy closely aligns with MarRI-UK’s Clean Maritime research theme, propelling us further toward our shared goals. “Joining MarRI-UK is a proud moment for CMS, as it aligns perfectly with our mission to be at the forefront of maritime research and innovation. Through this collaboration, we look forward to leveraging the unique strengths of both organizations to address the pressing challenges facing the maritime industry today. This is a step forward in our commitment to sustainability, efficiency, and technological advancement in the maritime sector.” Isabela Tatu, Co-Founder CMS. To find out more, click the link. |
| MarRI-UK Welcomes Our First Cohort of Micro-Companies via the Micro-Company Membership Access Scheme |
 MarRI-UK is happy to announce the results of the MarRI-UK Micro-Company Membership Access Scheme. Seven applicants applied to join MarRI-UK via the scheme. and following a panel review, three companies have been accepted to be our first cohort of Micro-Company members. These companies are: Newcastle Marine Services: a Newcastle based consultancy specialising in ships, vessels, and offshore structures. The company operate as an outsourced engineering department for owners, operators, and the repairs & construction industries. Oasis Marine Power: a marine engineering company seeking to develop offshore charging and green refuelling solutions to support the maritime transition to zero emission propulsion. Walker Subsea: specialising in marine and subsea engineering services. The work is divided into two categories: 1) provision of engineering services for marine & offshore renewable energy projects and 2) carrying out R&D activities using Automotive Technologies adapted to the subsea environment To find out more about our Micro-Company Membership Access Scheme, click here. |
| Marine Technology Postgraduate Conference |
 MarRI-UK is proud to invite you to the free 7th Marine Technology Postgraduate Conference which will be held at the University of Southampton from the 16th and 17th of April and is sponsored by MarRI-UK. This shall prove to be a great opportunity for industry to learn about the exciting projects currently taking place within our academic members as well as inspire and encourage early year professionals. Registration includes access to the conference on both days and invitation to the Conference Dinner which shall be held on the evening of the 16th of April. All are welcome to attend, though do remember to register quickly as we only have limited capacity. To register follow the link here. To find out more about the conference click here. If you have any questions do not hesitate to get in contact via info@marri-uk.org |
| MarRI- Members UK Continue to Have CMDC4 Success |
| MarRI-UK is proud to announce that three projects involving MarRI-UK industrial members have been the recipients of the latest round of CMDC4 funding. Those projects are: Supercharging Wind Propulsion: Advancing Digital tools in maritime to deliver real world performance in a next generation Wind Propulsion Design – Led by SPAERA Advanced Zero Emission Analysis Tool – Led by Newcastle Marine Systems Highly Efficient Retrofitted Zero Emissions Coaster – Led by Intrada (and supported by Ecomar Propulsion Limited and MarRI-UK) To find out more about the Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition click here. |
| Shipping Weekly Briefing As mentioned by Simon in his Introduction, MarRI-UK sends out every week a Shipping Briefing showcasing the latest news from across the sector. This is a completely free MarRI-UK service which we know many people already greatly appreciate. To sign up use the QR form below or go via the link here. |
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| New Chair of our Academic Members Group MarRI-UK would like to announce that Professor Christopher Smith of the University of Exeter has been appointed the new Chair of our Academic Members Group. MarRI-UK would like to thank the previous Chair Dr Ian Whitfield of the University of Strathclyde for all the hard work he showed during his term as Chair and we look forward to continue working with him closely over the next few years. To find out more about Professor Chris Smith click here. |
| Members News |
| MarRI-UK is not just an organisation, but a network of many different industrial organisations, universities and not-for-profit institutions. Here are a few highlights from our members over the last three months. University of Strathclyde Demonstration (Hydrogen Highway)  As part of MarRI-UK’s Hydrogen Highway project, the University of Strathclyde successfully completed a test demonstration of automous containerised hydrogen transport on the 20th of March 2024. The demonstration showcased the feasibility of using hydrogen-fuelled container ships to transport containerised hydrogen between offshore platforms and ports.To find out more about the project, click here. Oasis Marine (Oasis Spar Buoy)  “Oasis Marine have just commenced tank testing of the Oasis Spar Buoy at the Kelvin Hydrodynamics Laboratory in partnership with O.S. Energy and Strathclyde University. This is to verify the seaworthiness of the buoy and further optimise the mooring design in varying sea states at scale before a full size prototype is fabricated. Analysis is being conducted both for the buoy independently and when buoy is coupled to a vessel. The Oasis Spar Buoy is designed for either electric power transfer or bunkering of other green alternative fuels such as hydrogen to medium sized vessels such as SOV’s and O.S. Energy’s Newbuild Specialised Offshore Subsea Service vessel which is the model used for the testing. This is part of a project titled Tank Testing of Hydrogen Offshore Transfer System (TestHOTS) and is funded by the Scottish Government Emerging Energy Technologies Fund. Numerical modelling has already been conducted to optimise the mooring design. The original Oasis Power Buoy design was funded through MarRI-UK.” |
| Upcoming Events From Across the Sector |
| 6-17 April – MarRI-UK Marine Technology Postgraduate Conference (MTPC) – Southampton 24 April – Maritime Southwest – Scotland 15-16 May- All Energy – Glasgow 22-23 May 2024 – UK Ports Conference 2024 – London 5 June 2024 – Maritime UK launches National Maritime Awards (Belfast) 11 – 13 June – Seawork – Southampton 13 June – Seawork – National Apprenticeship Week – Southampton 26 June 2024 – ManiNH3 Conference 2024 – Nottingham 26 – 27 June – Maritime UK South West – Ocean Technology Expo – Plymouth |
| MarRI-UK Resources |
| NSO Capability Study Don’t forget you can access our NSO funded Academic Capacity & Capability for Shipbuilding Study via our website. Project Final Reports The Final Report for Oasis Marine’s “Offshore Charging for Hybrid and Electric Vessles” project can be found here. Final Reports providing in-depth results relating to many of MarRI-UK’s projects can be found on MarRI-UK’s website. If you want to get in contact with any of our project teams, please get in contact as we are always happy to begin new collaborations. To access the final reports click here. |
| Final Thoughts |
 As can be seen from this quarter’s newsletter things are busier then ever here in MarRI-UK and so now is the best time to get involved! To find out about our membership please look on our website and if you have any questions at all please do not hesitate to get in contact via our email address info@marri-uk.org. |
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