Team Humber Marine Alliance and Mersey Maritime form partnership to boost Northern Powerhouse maritime industry

Team Humber Marine Alliance and Mersey Maritime have joined forces to boost growth in the marine, ports and energy business in the North.

The maritime organisations have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at collaborating to ‘increase activity and investment’ in Northern Powerhouse initiative.

The MoU was signed at the third Mersey Maritime Industry Awards which Mr O’Reilly and Team Humber vice chairman Camilla Carlbom attended.

Mark O’Reilly, CEO and chairman of Team Humber Marine Alliance, said: “This agreement strengthens the offer of Yorkshire and Humber and the North West regions.

“We are united in our mission to win more business for our members and our combined wealth of skills and capabilities are a force to be reckoned with.

“Both areas have made great strides with the transformational Greenport Hull and Liverpool2 investments and we want to capitalise on these opportunities, enhance the skills base and create sustainable jobs.”

Chris Shirling-Rooke, CEO of Mersey Maritime, added: “We are really excited to have signed this agreement with Team Humber. It is an excellent organisation that has done a lot of good work.

“Team Humber has the same vision as Mersey Maritime and by working together, sharing industry knowledge and best practices we hope to significantly increase activity and investment in the maritime industry across the two regions we represent.”

The initiative is aiming to encourage member companies to enter into joint ventures, as well as increase access to funding and skills development.

The two organisations have been in talks since they were introduced in 2015 through a UK Northern Powerhouse trade mission visiting offshore wind regions and organisations in the US.

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