£30 million for clean maritime projects

£30 million will go towards decarbonising shipping and powering up local economies, benefitting coastal communities across the UK.

Awarded the sixth round of the Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition (CMDC), successful companies will be given a share of funding to support the development of clean maritime fuels and technologies like ammonia, hydrogen, methanol, solar and electric. The funding will also boost local economies and support jobs and skills.

CMDC has provided over £136 million funding to 142 organisations so far, as part of the wider UK SHORE funding, which is the government's flagship programme dedicating to decarbonising maritime. Successful projects include installing electric chargepoint networks across ports, and demonstrating green hydrogen shore power at the port of Leith.

The maritime minister will visit Clydeport, where the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland is looking to help Smart Green Shipping to scale up the manufacturing of the FastRig windsail, which can be installed onto vessels to reduce fuel use and emissions by around forty per cent per annum. The project received £3.3 million form the third round of the CMDC and has now been successfully deployed at sea.

Maritime minister Mike Kane said: "It's so exciting to see investment in green fuels and technologies spurring on skills, innovation and manufacturing across the UK, delivering on our Plan for Change mission to kickstart economic growth and become a clean energy superpower.

"We've charted a course to net zero shipping by 2050 and this £30 million will be crucial in supporting the green fuels and technologies of the future, so we can clean up sea travel and trade."

Chris Courtney, CEO of National Manufacturing Institute Scotland, said: "Clean maritime is a vital part of a wider mission to decarbonise transport. Advanced manufacturing is critical to enable companies to scale up novel solutions that deliver emissions reductions and allow the creation of new jobs in these industries of the future.

"We've spent the past two years working on the CMDC-funded MariLight projects, led by Glasgow-based Malin Marine Consultants, part of the Malin Group, supported by industry partners, where we demonstrated how advanced manufacturing can cut lead times, lower carbon, and enable localised production in shipbuilding. It's great to see continued momentum through the programme, and we look forward to supporting Smart Green Shipping's journey as it scales."

£30 million will go towards decarbonising shipping and powering up local economies, benefitting coastal communities across the UK.

Awarded the sixth round of the Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition (CMDC), successful companies will be given a share of funding to support the development of clean maritime fuels and technologies like ammonia, hydrogen, methanol, solar and electric. The funding will also boost local economies and support jobs and skills.

CMDC has provided over £136 million funding to 142 organisations so far, as part of the wider UK SHORE funding, which is the government's flagship programme dedicating to decarbonising maritime. Successful projects include installing electric chargepoint networks across ports, and demonstrating green hydrogen shore power at the port of Leith.

The maritime minister will visit Clydeport, where the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland is looking to help Smart Green Shipping to scale up the manufacturing of the FastRig windsail, which can be installed onto vessels to reduce fuel use and emissions by around forty per cent per annum. The project received £3.3 million form the third round of the CMDC and has now been successfully deployed at sea.

Maritime minister Mike Kane said: "It's so exciting to see investment in green fuels and technologies spurring on skills, innovation and manufacturing across the UK, delivering on our Plan for Change mission to kickstart economic growth and become a clean energy superpower.

"We've charted a course to net zero shipping by 2050 and this £30 million will be crucial in supporting the green fuels and technologies of the future, so we can clean up sea travel and trade."

Chris Courtney, CEO of National Manufacturing Institute Scotland, said: "Clean maritime is a vital part of a wider mission to decarbonise transport. Advanced manufacturing is critical to enable companies to scale up novel solutions that deliver emissions reductions and allow the creation of new jobs in these industries of the future.

"We've spent the past two years working on the CMDC-funded MariLight projects, led by Glasgow-based Malin Marine Consultants, part of the Malin Group, supported by industry partners, where we demonstrated how advanced manufacturing can cut lead times, lower carbon, and enable localised production in shipbuilding. It's great to see continued momentum through the programme, and we look forward to supporting Smart Green Shipping's journey as it scales."