Seawork Innovations Showcase and Spirit of Innovation Award

The Innovations Showcase and Award is a Seawork initiative created to help companies introduce and promote products, vessels, services or projects to their key commercial audience, and publicly rewards the very best in innovation.

PLEASE NOTE - This competition is for Exhibitors at Seaworks only. There will be an application form in your Exhibitor manual when they are sent out in March.

Located in a prominent area of Seawork 's undercover exhibition area, the Innovations Showcase provides visitors with the opportunity to see at one time, in one place, new products, projects and vessels that have been introduced by exhibitors during the past 12 months.

To qualify for entry, nominated products or services must be genuinely innovative and new and have come to market in the 12 months prior to Seawork. There are six categories:

• Vessel Design & Construction
• Marine Electronics
• Safety & Survival
• Marine Equipment & Materials
• Marine Civil Engineering & Construction
• Diving & Underwater Technology.

Each year at the Seawork Gala Dinner, the 'Spirit of Innovation' trophy, is awarded to the overall winning entry.

Innovations Award Winners 2007

At the 10th anniversary Seawork Gala Dinner, held at the City Cruise Terminal in the ABP Port of Southampton, guests witnessed the presentation of the Innovation Showcase Spirit of Innovation Trophy by Iain Shephard, Chairman of Marine South East, to Halyard (M&I) Ltd for its Resonator Silencer developed in association with the Institute of Sound & Vibration Research at Southampton University.

James Grazebrook (centre) receives the Spirit of Innovation Award from Iain Shepherd of Marine South East and Jane Wilson, Exhibition Manager of Seawork. 

Category award winners were as follows:

Materials - Halyard (M&I) Ltd for the patented Resonator Silencer - a world leading technical breakthrough which turns out marine exhaust noise at problem frequencies

Safety & Survival - Ocean Safety for the Jonbuoy Inflatable Rescue Sling to recover waterborne casualties quickly and easily

Vessel Design & Construction - McDuff Ship Design for the first commercial tug in the world to be ordered with the Mampaey Dynamic Oval Towing System 

Diving & Underwater Technology - Apeks Marine for the TEK 3 Technical 1st stage regulators so all hoses are directed downwards to increase safety

Marine Electronics - Deif (UK) Ltd for the Ultrasonic wind sensor

Innovations Award Winners 2006

During the Seawork 2006 Gala Dinner, the Spirit of Innovation Trophy was awarded by Iain Shepherd and Nigel Vaughan of sponsors Marine South East, to Tim Flemming of Zodiac International for the new Minuteman.

The Minuteman can be inflated from its source of compressed air in just 60 seconds and requires no assembly, thanks to its specialised intercommunicating valve system and Duratene TM PU high pressure inflatable deck. Propelled by either paddles or an outboard motor (up to 30hp), the 67kg Minuteman enables the first responder rescuer to get to victims in double quick time, greatly increasing the chances of a successful rescue.

Winners of the other categories were: Alocit Group Ltd, H4 Marine, Marine Designs Ltd, EchoPilot Ltd, RNLI/McMurdo and Echoscan Ltd.

Innovations Award Winners 2005

VT Halmatic for the HORC (Halmatic Offshore Raiding Craft).

The following companies received Commendations for their entries: Echoscan Ltd and Halyard (M&I).