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16 April 2024

AUKUS Trilateral Advanced Capabilities Forum bring industry together for first time

AUKUS Advanced Capabilities Industry Forum will see the participation of 12 Trade Associations representing the Australian, US and UK industry in the aerospace, defence, security, maritime and tech sectors alongside senior government officials from the three allied partners.

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8 April 2024

Department for Transport launches £1.5m International Green Corridors Fund (IGCF) - CMDC 5

The UK Government has launched the International Green Corridors Fund which forms fifth round of the Clean Maritime Demonstrator Competition (CMDC5)

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4 April 2024

Commercial Growth for APCL Group

The APCL Group of companies has experienced a significant period of growth from the start of 2024, with its three UK facilities operating at full capacity.

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4 April 2024

Help inspire Future Maritime Engineers with the Wellington Trust

The Wellington Trust is thrilled to announce that funding has been obtained to run Future Maritime Engineers (FME) again in 2024.

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2 April 2024

SMIFutures: Early Career Profiles - Tirren Ambroziak

Meet Tirren Ambroziak, oceanographic engineer and valued member of SMIFutures. We recently sat down with Tirren to discuss entryways into maritime careers, overcoming imposter syndrome and carving your own path in the industry.

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27 March 2024

Harland & Wolff welcomes Education Minister as it launches work experience and internship schemes

Yesterday, Harland & Wolff welcomed Northern Ireland Education Minister Paul Givan MLA to its iconic shipyard to mark the launch of the company’s 2024 Belfast schools work experience and internship programme

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26 March 2024

SEA-KIT leads the march on Unmanned Marine Systems certification

SEA-KIT's 12 metre SEA-KIT X-Class USV, Fugro Blue Essence®, was recently awarded LR UMS certification, marking the company’s 5th certificate and the first LR UMS certificate for a Category 0 certified vessel.

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25 March 2024

BMT and Oceanco's Lateral Naval Architects debuts new 140m trimaran yacht concept

Lateral Naval Architects, a joint venture between BMT and Oceanco, brings unparalleled engineering prowess to the superyacht industry. With its striking streamline design, Spear combines efficiency, comfort, and expansive open spaces to create an unparalleled cruising experience.

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25 March 2024

MUKSW Ocean Tech Expo June 26th – 27th, University of Plymouth

Ocean Tech Expo will bring 70+ ocean technology speakers to the city with two days of sessions running across two seminar rooms. The event is designed to showcase the best at or near market commercially viable ocean innovations

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22 March 2024

Chesterfield Special Cylinders awarded contract to supply air pressure vessels to the Royal Australian Navy's Hunter class frigate programme

The contract award by BAE Systems Maritime Australia covers the first batch of three frigates in the programme

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Marine Autonomy Challenge (MAChallenge)

This exciting challenge is open to teams of students studying at UK universities. The first phase involves a video submission and the finals take place in November this year. Each qualifying team will be provided with an industry simulator to enable them to build the autonomous behaviours required to achieve a series of challenges.

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