Ambitions to unleash Plymouth’s full potential as a major international port are to be set out in a new strategy announced by Council Leader Richard Bingley. The strategy will explore how Plymouth can maximise the combined potential of its four statutory ports, which support defence through Europe’s largest naval base at Devonport, international commercial trade…
DetailsProject Overview The University of Plymouth has been working with a Devon-based company, Silicon Sensing Systems Ltd, to test and optimise the capability of the company’s latest sensor being used within the marine autonomy market. It will be going into service aboard the world’s first uncrewed Atlantic crossing by a scientific vessel, the Mayflower Autonomous…
DetailsProject Overview: Soundview media was established in 2009 by Gareth Allen. Gareth spent 17 years working for ITV / BBC TV and radio producing news, current affairs and factual documentary. Soundview was set up as a video production company. In the past four years the company has utilised immersive technologies to create communications for its…
DetailsProject Overview HydroSurv is a Devon-based company working to deliver a future where all inland and coastal data acquisition is delivered by low-impact, economic autonomous vessels. Taking a wholeistic approach to this vision, the business designs and builds uncrewed survey vessels (USVs), and pioneers innovative environmental data capture methods, including processing and interpretive reporting techniques.…
DetailsProject Overview: A consortium of six partners (University of Exeter, Plymouth Boat Trips, EV Parts, Plymouth University, Teignbridge Propellers and Voyager Marine Ltd.) worked together to design and develop the UK’s first fully electric sea-going ferry. The project was funded through the MarRI-UK Clean Maritime Call. The ferry, now renamed e-Voyager, was launched in the…
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