Marine
Plymouth is a global centre of excellence for marine science and technology, with one of the largest clusters of expertise in Europe.
This extends across marine technology, renewables, cruise and leisure marine to boatbuilding, shipping and marine engineering with marine autonomy recognised by the Department for Business and Trade as a High Potential Opportunity for inward investment and export.
20,110
Full Time Employees (FTE)
£1,214m
Gross Value Added (GVA)
£60,080
GVA per FTE

Plymouth Sound is one of the oldest continually studied marine areas on earth and is globally recognised for the strength of its marine science and technology.

Find out more about the Marine sector in Plymouth.
Latest Marine News
Tech SW marine-focused acceleration programme, in association with Plymouth and South Devon Freeport
Tech SW marine-focused acceleration programme, in association with Plymouth and South Devon Freeport.
Covering strategy, leadership, innovation, technology, market awareness, commercialisation, team, funding, finance, marketing, brand, legals and risk.
The Invest Plymouth Team recently took a trip to Turnchapel Wharf to meet with Paul Eccles and Dave Watson, Directors of Yacht Solutions Europe Limted. Yacht Solutions Europe does…
Associated British Ports (ABP), the UK’s leading ports group, is delighted to announce another significant step in its £23m Millbay Docks transformation, within the Port of Plymouth.