That was the take home message from the first day of the UK Port of Tyne\u2019s Maritime Innovation Week.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur maritime industry can accelerate achieving the government\u2019s UK SHORE and Maritime 2050 goals by working together and we are delighted with the amazing response received from the entire sector,\u201d said Matt Beeton, CEO of the Port of Tyne.<\/p>\n
\u201dThe case for disruptive innovation has never been more compelling and Maritime Innovation Week will provide essential know how and a clear opportunity to become cleaner, smarter, more efficient, data-driven, innovative and sustainable.\u201d<\/p>\n
Port decarbonisation<\/strong><\/p>\n One of the stand out talks from the first day was from Andr\u00e9s Martell, Design Futures Team Lead, Connected Places Catapult, which is an innovation accelerator which exists to provide impartial \u2018innovation as a service\u2019 for public bodies, businesses, and infrastructure providers. <\/p>\n The catapult also runs technology demonstrators and SME accelerators to scale new solutions that drive growth, spread prosperity and eliminate carbon.<\/p>\n Mr Martell outlined how the Connected Places Catapult has taken a broad \u2018system of systems\u2019 approach, considering how the shore power and other interventions will lead to decarbonisation of the existing and new Aberdeen harbours, the vessels using it and its linkages to the wider Aberdeen city region.<\/p>\n The aim has been to develop a transferable blueprint for implementation of decarbonisation of ports and to disseminate the findings widely to build consensus across the industry on an approach to decarbonisation to meet shared goals.<\/p>\n This project uses \u2019Strategic foresight\u2019 is the methodical and rigorous practise to identifying and better preparing for change. Or, \u201cDecision-making under extreme adversity,\u201d as Mr Martell calls it.<\/p>\n