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A logistics hub featuring trucks, shipping containers, a cargo ship, and an airplane in flight during sunset serves as the perfect backdrop for the TRIG 2022 event.

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£1.8m to back cutting-edge transport innovations

Grants of up to £45k are available to businesses and academics with ideas to solve some of the transport sector’s most pressing challenges.

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Maritime innovators invited to step forward for new transport accelerator

Up to eight innovative companies can receive support from leading industry players to develop new technology for use in ports and on vessels.

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Safety and sustainability innovations for maritime technology trials

Innovations for ports and shipping will shortly be trialled as part of the latest Maritime Accelerator.

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Future thinking innovators join Maritime Accelerator 2024

Technologies designed for ports, vessels and offshore facilities to improve their safety, security and performance have been chosen to receive financial and business support.

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Maritime innovators chosen for accelerator pilots

Geospatial Insight and Unmanned Life will soon begin technology trials in Portsmouth and the Port of Tyne.

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Applications open for Transport Research and Innovation Grants

Innovators with ideas to address the UK’s most pressing transport challenges are encouraged to apply

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Search begins for freight innovators with ideas to improve sustainability, efficiency and resilience

Innovators can apply now for expert support to develop their solutions alongside the opportunity to access up to £150k for testing.

Aerial view of the Port of Aberdeen, showcasing a bustling city with a large port, multiple docks filled with various vessels, and surrounding urban infrastructure along a winding river flowing into the sea.

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Catapult backed Port of Aberdeen project secures Government funding

Seven berths at the Scottish port are to provide green energy following a grant from the Zero Emission Vessels and Infrastructure competition.

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Decarbonisation and automation innovators join Maritime Accelerator as Royal Navy confirms support

AI supply chain management, autonomous security drones and emission reduction technologies are among the innovations selected to receive expert support.

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£1.96m to Fund 67 Projects to Improve the UK’s Transport System

Technology that enables open sea refuelling using hydrogen generation from buoys, a personal sign language avatar that provides wayfinding information in train stations, and a climate change resilient permeable pavement solution are among 67 projects to receive a share of nearly two million pounds.