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King Charles III Opens Parliament: a Maritime Summary
Among the forty bills announced in the King’s Speech, there are a few that concern the maritime engineering, scientific and technology industry and – more widely – the maritime sector as a whole.
SMIFutures Early Career Profile: Courtney Story
Meet Courtney Story, Supply Chain manager at BAE Systems. In this interview, Courtney discusses seeing the value in your challenges, the benefits of peer learning and what she learned from her time living aboard a Royal Navy warship.
Society of Maritime Industries launches its Vision for Maritime
The Society Maritime of Industries (SMI) has launched its manifesto ahead of the general election, setting out its vision for the maritime sector over the next five years.
SMIFutures Early Career Profiles: Harriet Rowlands
In this interview, Harriet discusses finding her place in the maritime industry, the importance of building your professional network and gaining the confidence to voice her opinions, even in daunting environments.
Posidonia 2024: UK Pavilion Showcase Stage Programme
At this year's Posidonia, the UK Pavilion will be hosting a series of daily on stand presentations to showcase pioneering UK engineering, advanced technologies and solutions driving maritime change.
SMIFutures Early Career Profiles: Jacob Graham
Meet Jacob Graham, Head of Defence Business Unit at OCEA UK, and valued member of SMIFutures. We recently sat down with Jacob to discusses his pathway into the industry, the importance of seeing value and learning opportunities no matter the project outcome and finding an empowering workplace culture at OCEA-UK.
SMI Job Opportunities - PTG & DTG Director
A new and exciting job opportunity has opened at SMI. We are looking for a Director for two of our sector groups, the Ports & Terminals and Digital Technology Groups. This is a key role within the SMI team and the candidate will need to work closely with colleagues to drive the continued growth of the organisation and support and engage with our members.
Babcock takes on full Type 23 upkeep responsibility for Royal Navy
Babcock has been awarded the contract to manage the Type 23 class frigate Refit Support Group
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.
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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Sign Up NowMarine 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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