Executive Summary
This written contribution has been prepared by members of the Southampton Marine and Maritime Institute (SMMI) at the University of Southampton. The SMMI is a large multidisciplinary community of more than 400 ocean-facing researchers with a mission to advance knowledge and understanding of the oceans and to develop innovative solutions to tackle marine and maritime challenges by fostering collaboration between researchers, industry, policymakers, the third sector, and communities.
Our researchers investigate a spectrum of topics including maritime decarbonisation, maritime safety and security, maritime and offshore engineering, ocean acidification, marine biodiversity, marine pollution, sustainable coastal development, coastal communities, and maritime culture and heritage.
SMMI have answered the 47 questions that correspond to those articulated by the Department for Transport in the official webpage of the published call for evidence. This submission has been coordinated by Nadiya Catel-Arutyunova, Specialist Policy Officer at the SMMI on behalf of the following leading researchers:
Authors
Prof. Alan J Murphy, Professor in Maritime Engineering, University of Southampton
Prof. Damon Teagle, Director of SMMI and Professor of Geochemistry, University of Southampton
Prof. Dominic Hudson, Shell Professor of Ship Safety and Efficiency, University of Southampton
Dr Dominic Taunton, Associate Professor in Ship Science and Maritime Engineering, University of Southampton
Mr Gary Fisher, Technical Manager, Ocean & Earth Science National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton
Dr. Seyedvahid Vakili AFNI, MRINA, FHEA, Research Fellow at SMMI, University of Southampton
Prof. Stephen Turnock, Professor of Maritime Fluid Dynamics and Head of School of Engineering, University of Southampton
Mr Panos Manias, Mechanical Engineer, PhD Candidate, and Senior Research Assistant at SMMI, University of Southampton
Dr. Wassim Dbouk, Marine and Maritime Policy Research Fellow at SMMI, University of Southampton
