{"id":5107,"date":"2025-03-18T12:52:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T12:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portstrategy.nfdtesting.uk\/greenport\/2025\/03\/18\/the-uks-drive-towards-maritime-decarbonisation\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T14:14:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T13:14:44","slug":"the-uks-drive-towards-maritime-decarbonisation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/news\/projects-initiatives-greenport\/the-uks-drive-towards-maritime-decarbonisation\/","title":{"rendered":"The UK\u2019s drive towards maritime decarbonisation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Maritime UK Solent\u2019s inaugural <a href=\"https:\/\/muksolent.com\/coastal-powerhouse-week\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Coastal Powerhouse Summit 2025<\/a> aims to&nbsp;drive discussions on the energy transition and the Solent region\u2019s future in global maritime innovation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are delighted to support the first Maritime UK Solent Coastal Powerhouse Conference,\u201d said&nbsp;Alastair Welch regional director,&nbsp;Associated British Ports (ABP).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn our ever-changing world, it has never been more important to work together on solutions for maritime decarbonisation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Green focus<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Taking place on 26 and 27 March at Southampton\u2019s Ocean Terminal, event discussions will focus on port sustainability, maritime decarbonisation and clean maritime technologies.<\/p>\n<p>Day one will feature a session on&nbsp;advancements in sustainable shipping solutions led by Jamie Holmes, NASH Maritime and a session on&nbsp;the role of automation in shaping the future of maritime operations led by Dan Hook, RAD Propulsion.<\/p>\n<p>The panel discussion will be on port sustainability and led by ABP. This discussion will highlight the critical role of port infrastructure in achieving maritime decarbonisation.<\/p>\n<p>In the afternoon, there will be a focus on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abports.co.uk\/sustainability\/energy-ventures-accelerator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ABP\u2019s Energy Ventures Accelerator (EVA) programme<\/a> featuring keynote speeches from industry leaders sharing cutting-edge insights into maritime decarbonisation strategies.<\/p>\n<p>ABP\u2019s EVA programme seeks to help promising startups scale their businesses in high-growth energy sectors, such as hydrogen, floating wind and low-carbon fuels.<\/p>\n<p>Day two of the event will focus on talent development and trade, with talks on apprenticeships and mentoring to secure a skilled workforce for the future.<\/p>\n<p>For full details and tickets are available from <a href=\"https:\/\/muksolent.com\/coastal-powerhouse-week\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">muksolent.com\/coastal-powerhouse-week<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UK city of Southampton will soon play host to an event that will spotlight port efficiency, sustainability and maritime decarbonisation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":5108,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1992,670,1991,129,1173,1890],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-5107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-projects-initiatives-greenport","tag-abp-southampton","tag-energy-transition","tag-maritime-decarbonisation","tag-maritime-uk","tag-port-efficiency","tag-port-sustainability"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5107"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5109,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5107\/revisions\/5109"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5107"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=5107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}