mersey-maritime

Mersey Maritime Awards open for entries

Mersey Maritime has launched its eleventh annual Industry Awards (MMIAs) and is calling on maritime and logistics businesses across the Liverpool City Region and the wider North West to submit their entries.Celebrating the very best of the sector, the MMIAs champion businesses, organisations and individuals operating in or supporting the maritime, logistics, and energy industries. The awards are open to any eligible organisation across the North West and surrounding areas, ... [+]

Ruth’s a keeper, says Mersey Maritime

Mersey Maritime interim chief executive Ruth Wood has become permanent chief executive of representative body for the Liverpool city region’s £5bn maritime sector. The former senior manager at Peel Ports Group and latterly head of commercial at Mersey Maritime, took the helm in July following the departure of Chris Shirling-Rooke, ... [+]

Mersey Maritime to host top level shipping conference

Shipping body Mersey Maritime is holding its fourth annual Maritime Exchange conference on Thursday, 23 June at Liverpool Town Hall. The gathering will serve as a platform for the sector to review progress on implementation of the UK’s flagship national maritime strategy, Maritime 2050. MME22 is sponsored by; Expleo, Nautilus International, ... [+]

Mersey Maritime Exchange returns on 25 June

Merseyside is to host a summit on future of the UK’s maritime sector. The Mersey Maritime Exchange will be a platform to come together to review progress on implementing the UK’s flagship national maritime strategy, Maritime 2050. It will be streamed live on 25 June 2021 from 10:00-12:00. Mersey Maritime hosted ... [+]

Maritime industry helps Merseyside to thrive

The report found that the maritime sector clustered around the Mersey boosts business turnover in the Liverpool City Region by £2.0 billion, according to a new report commissioned by Mersey Maritime. The report, The Economic Contribution of the Maritime Sector in the Liverpool City Region which was produced in conjunction ... [+]

New role for Birkenhead docks tower

The currently disused Grade II listed Hydraulic Tower building, which once used to drive the lock gates and bridges in the Birkenhead Docks, is to be the centrepiece of a new project that aims to provide the next generation of innovators and entrepreneurs to support the Northern Powerhouse agenda. The private ... [+]