Oceanways is disrupting the traditional shipping market by creating a new market of "zero-emission underwater cargo transport" and we want to position the UK as the market leader. We are on a mission to clean up the shipping industry by rethinking existing transport systems and replacing surface vessels with innovative zero-emission unmanned autonomous submarines running on green hydrogen. The modular submarines will be able to perform multiple marine missions but the first target market will be to ship cargo with 0kg CO2 emissions within the UK and between its trade partners. The innovations are on underwater fuel cell & propulsion systems, cargo submarine design, hardware & software design for artificial intelligence algorithms to command, control & navigate and novel business models around low-cost fleet ownership, maintenance and operations. The project will investigate the feasibility of building and testing the prototype submarine powered by green hydrogen to financially de-risk the prototype submarine build. The success criteria of this project will be understanding the technical & economic challenges and be ready with solutions & specifications to start the prototype build for an ideal trip from Glasgow to Belfast with one twenty-foot container (TEU).

Steatite Ltd, Oxis Energy Ltd, M Subs Ltd and the National Oceanography Centre have formed a collaborative partnership to develop a revolutionary pressure tolerant rechargeable battery solution based upon new, innovative Lithium Sulfur (Li-S) chemistry. The growing use of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) by the Oil & Gas industry, Defence sector and Scientific research organisations, together with emerging industries like Deep Sea Mining, require new technical developments to drive the industry forward. The need to extend mission times, collecting data for longer and provide greater run time at speed requires more power. This UK Consortium made up of market leading companies will use the latest Lithium Sulfur chemistry to research and develop a safe rechargeable lithium battery with leading energy density and endurance.