Marine sector to benefit from more support from Marine Business Technology Centre

New funding means the Marine Business Technology Centre (MBTC) in Plymouth will operate for another 12 months, providing valuable innovation support to businesses in the county. Based in Plymouth’s Oceansgate development, the MBTC has supported nearly 400 businesses since it was established in 2018. Thanks to more than £735,000 from the European Regional Development Fund, backed by…

Plymouth Marine Laboratory successfully deploys state-of-the-art scientific data buoy off Plymouth

Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) is delighted to announce that this week (Monday 4th July 2022) its new Smart Sound buoy was successfully deployed to its mooring in the Western Channel Observatory area of the English Channel, where it is now anchored and has begun gathering crucial data.  The custom-built, 8.5 metre-tall autonomous data buoy is designed to…