Welcome to Mersey Maritime, the representative body for the Maritime Sector in the Liverpool City Region. We work with businesses of all sizes and in all locations to develop strong, market-responsive supply chains and promote Liverpool’s maritime industry as a world class Centre of Excellence.

A DYNAMIC CLUSTER

We represent the interests of a large and hugely diverse cluster of marine and maritime businesses, which together contribute £3.47bn to the region’s annual GVA.

LIVERPOOL2

Liverpool2, the new deep water terminal at the Port of Liverpool, will double container capacity at the port to nearly 1,500,000 teus.

NO1 GATEWAY TO THE USA

Liverpool is the No.1 gateway for UK/US business, handling 32.5% of UK container trade to the USA.

Ship-To-Door Access

Liverpool2 will create the most central deep water container terminal in Great Britain, offering retailers ship-to-door access to 35 million people within 150 miles.

Services

Our business services are built around four main strands of activity:

BUSINESS SUPPORT

We support businesses of all sizes with a range of services to help your company grow.

COMMUNICATIONS

Good communications are central to business success. Our role is to help focus attention on the region’s thriving Maritime Sector.

KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

Phase 1 of the Maritime Knowledge Hub opened in March 2016, providing access to education, skills and training programmes your business needs to stay competitive.

SUPPLY CHAINS

Strong local supply chains are the lifeblood of a successful industry cluster and much of the work we do is geared towards making this happen.

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Event Delegates 2017

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Businesses Supported

Events This Year

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Members

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Mersey Maritime is one of Europe’s most successful maritime cluster organisations, representing the interests of over 1700 Maritime, Logistics and Energy businesses on Merseyside and beyond.

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