MARITIME KNOWLEDGE HUB PROJECT OVERVIEW INTRODUCTION AT A GLANCE

• Planning consent for 20 million sq ft of mixed use floorspace Wirral Waters is the largest and most exciting • A place ‘for all’ on the ‘Left Bank’ of regeneration project in the UK. Revitalising the 300 acres of former dockland, Wirral Waters • A government designated Enterprise Zone and Housing Zone is a pioneering, mixed use, highly sustainable, • The Western Gateway into the waterside city extension. Northern Powerhouse • A strategic priority project for Wirral Council and the City Region STRONGER TOGETHER: THE ’S KEY ECONOMIC ASSETS

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Manufacturing Technology Centre Marine, Energy (MTC) Maritime Wirral Waters and the and Automotive Knowledge Hub (MEA) Park Maritime Professional Maritime Knowledge Hub Services Ørsted Operations Liverpool John sit within a network of and Maintenance Facility Moores University strategically important RIVER MERSEY economic assets which are WIRRAL WATERS set to power the growth University of Liverpool Ro-Ro of the Liverpool City Ferry Terminal Materials Innovation Factory

Region over the coming Sensor City decades. With backing from local, regional and central government, Wirral Waters and the Maritime Wirral Met College KEY LIVERPOOL Knowledge Hub will Maritime Professional provide a central hub from Services CITY REGION Marine Engineering which the region’s Maritime College BUSINESS ECO- sector will thrive. SYSTEM ASSETS INCLUDE: • Materials Innovation Factory • Sci-Tech Daresbury • Manufacturing Technology Centre • The Knowledge Quarter

Sci-Tech Urenco • University of Liverpool Daresbury Access to Manchester Ship Canal • Liverpool John Moores University THE WIRRAL WATERS MASTERPLAN

PROMENADE

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The Wirral Waters Masterplan IVE design has been created by world- A5A299 class urban designers to create a R PO mixed-use, high-density, highly BIDSTON sustainable project that will elevate MOSS O L and regenerate the Wirral’s former KINGSWAY FERRY docklands over the next thirty years. TUNNEL TERMINAL

MEA SKY FOUR PARK NORTHBANK CITY BRIDGES RIVER

WEST MERSEY FLOAT NORTH STATION EAST THE FIRST STAGE OF THE WIRRAL FLOAT WATERS MASTERPLAN RUNS TO 2025 AND INCLUDES:

BIRKENHEAD • The construction of 1,100 innovative homes PARK STATION • The award-winning Wirral Met College VITTORIA MARINA STUDIOS VIEW QUEENSWAY Construction Campus TUNNEL • Sustainable office and workspace • MEA Park: a waterside manufacturing, CONWAY P ARK logistics and distribution campus WOODSIDE BIRKENHEAD STATION HAMILTON FERRY • Egerton Village: a new hub for the Wirral’s PARK SQUARE TERMINAL artistic and creative industries STATION • The Maritime Knowledge Hub Putting the Liverpool City Region back at the centre SUBJECT TO SIF MARITIME of the global maritime sector, the £23m Maritime FUNDING, THE MKH: Knowledge Hub (MKH) will be an industry led, education, R&D, skills, innovation and commercial • Is a Liverpool City Region priority KNOWLEDGE centre of excellence. project • Will drive knowledge, skills and HUB The MKH is being developed collaboratively innovation in the marine and between Peel L&P, Mersey Maritime and Wirral maritime sectors Council. • Assists with decarbonising the sector and the levelling up agenda • Is a project that clusters activity and organisations together • Is focused around the Grade 2 listed Hydraulic Tower building with views across to Liverpool’s iconic skyline • Represents a true collaboration between the public, private and academic sectors THE MARITIME PUTTING THE LIVERPOOL CITY REGION AT KNOWLEDGE HUB CAN: THE HEART OF THE MARITIME INDUSTRY • Help to create hundreds of immediate job opportunities • Can help generate 4,000 jobs over Over 90 percent of the world’s trade is carried the longer term across the world’s oceans by 90,000 marine • Support the regional maritime vessels. By 2030, it is estimated that the global economy which has a £2bn turnover maritime industry will be worth a staggering $3 • Create a ripple-effect, boosting the trillion. The Maritime Knowledge Hub will once wider LCR business eco-system again put the Liverpool City Region at the heart • Deliver additional benefits to tenant of this burgeoning industry. With local, regional, businesses thanks to Wirral Waters’ and national government backing, the Maritime Enterprise Zone status Knowledge Hub will be a centre of excellence, • Be delivered by the maritime industry, acting as a national hub for innovation and for the maritime industry collaboration. America has Silicon Valley. The UK will have the Maritime Knowledge Hub. SETTING MARITIME ENTREPRENEURS ON COURSE FOR SUCCESS

From marine engineering research and development to survival training and business accelerator space, the Maritime Knowledge Hub will act as the central hub for UK maritime entrepreneurs. Featuring 60,000 sq ft of collaborative space, state of the art R&D facilities and a café/restaurant and visitor portal, the MKH will be an international beacon of progressive maritime thinking and action.

THE MARITIME KNOWLEDGE HUB CAN FEATURE:

• 60,000 sq ft of collaborative space • State of the art R&D facilities • A Maritime Technology Centre • The Offshore Survival Training Centre • The Marine Simulation and Training Centre • A Hydrolab • And much more... JOIN THE JOURNEY

The Maritime Knowledge Hub will turn the tide in favour of the UK’s marine and maritime industries.

Join the MKH journey now, by getting in touch to register your interest or request further information.

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