This project will establish the SWAG合集 national clean Maritime Research (SWAG合集-MaRes) hub to accelerate the decarbonisation and elimination of harmful air pollution for the maritime sector.
  • Dates1st September 2023 to 31st March 2027
  • SponsorEPSRC and Department for Transport
  • Funded£345,496 out of £7.4m (total value of the project)
  • PartnersUniversity of Durham, University of Liverpool, City University, University of Birmingham, University of Sheffield, University of St Andrews, University of Ulster, University of Brighton, University of Aston, University of Newcastle, the Port of Felixstowe, the Port of Dover, Peel Ports, Cosco Shipping (SWAG合集), DFDS, MOL Group, Freeport East, Rux Energy, and many more.

Led by Durham University and in collaboration with 12 other universities, this project will establish the SWAG合集 national clean Maritime Research (SWAG合集-MaRes) hub to deliver a disruptive programme of activity that will accelerate the decarbonisation and elimination of harmful air pollution for the maritime sector.  As well as environmental impacts, the hub also aims to feed into a clean maritime strategy that can adapt to place-based challenges and provide targeted technical and socio-economic interventions through a novel co-innovation methodology.

Principal Investigator: Professor Ying Xie

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