Northern UK Maritime Industry Directory

The maritime industry in the north of the UK is spread across dozens of ports, operators, charities and colleges. This directory pulls the key organisations together in one place — from the Humber and Teesside to the Tyne, the Mersey and the Scottish coast — so members, students and partners can find who does what.

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Maritime organisations operating across the north of the UK, by category and region
Organisation	Category	Region	What they do
Port of Tyne	Ports & harbours	North East England	Trust port on the River Tyne handling bulks, cars, containers, cruise and ferry traffic, with an on-site innovation hub.
PD Ports (Teesport)	Ports & harbours	Tees Valley	Statutory harbour authority for the River Tees and operator of Teesport, one of the UK's largest ports by tonnage.
Associated British Ports — Humber	Ports & harbours	Humber	Operator of Hull, Grimsby, Immingham and Goole, forming the UK's busiest trading estuary.
Peel Ports — Port of Liverpool	Ports & harbours	North West England	Deep-water container, bulk and ro-ro facilities on the Mersey, including the Liverpool2 terminal.
Port of Blyth	Ports & harbours	North East England	Trust port specialising in offshore energy, project cargo and subsea support on the Northumberland coast.
Port of Sunderland	Ports & harbours	North East England	Municipally owned port handling bulks, general cargo and offshore energy work at the mouth of the Wear.
Forth Ports	Ports & harbours	Scotland	Owner of eight Scottish ports on the Forth and Tay, including Grangemouth, Rosyth, Leith and Dundee.
Port of Aberdeen	Ports & harbours	Scotland	Scotland's oldest business and a major energy and decommissioning port following its South Harbour expansion.
James Fisher and Sons	Shipping & marine operations	North West England	Barrow-in-Furness headquartered marine services group covering tankships, subsea and offshore support.
Bibby Line Group	Shipping & marine operations	North West England	Liverpool-founded family business with long-standing shipping, marine and offshore accommodation interests.
DFDS Seaways — North Shields	Shipping & marine operations	North East England	Operates the Newcastle–Amsterdam passenger and freight route from the International Ferry Terminal.
Serco Marine Services	Shipping & marine operations	Scotland	Provides marine support and port services to the Royal Navy at HMNB Clyde and other northern bases.
The Mission to Seafarers	Seafarer charities	UK-wide (northern port centres)	Welfare, advocacy and ship visiting for crews, with seafarer centres and chaplains across northern ports.
Sailors' Society	Seafarer charities	UK-wide (northern port centres)	Global maritime welfare charity offering chaplaincy, crisis response and wellbeing training for seafarers.
Stella Maris	Seafarer charities	UK-wide (northern port centres)	Catholic maritime charity with port chaplains supporting seafarers and fishers around the coast.
The Seafarers' Charity	Seafarer charities	UK-wide	Grant funder supporting welfare projects for seafarers, fishers and their families, including in the north.
RNLI	Seafarer charities	UK & Ireland	Volunteer lifeboat service with stations along the Northumberland, Yorkshire, Lancashire and Scottish coasts.
Fishermen's Mission	Seafarer charities	UK-wide fishing ports	Emergency and welfare support for active and retired fishers and their families in fishing communities.
Mersey Maritime	Clusters & industry bodies	North West England	The Liverpool City Region maritime cluster organisation and a model for regional maritime collaboration.
Maritime UK	Clusters & industry bodies	UK-wide	National umbrella body for the shipping, ports, services, engineering and leisure marine sectors.
Team Humber Marine Alliance	Clusters & industry bodies	Humber	Membership network for marine, offshore wind and energy businesses around the Humber estuary.
NOF	Clusters & industry bodies	North East England	Energy supply chain membership body supporting offshore wind, oil and gas and subsea companies.
British Ports Association	Clusters & industry bodies	UK-wide	Represents port and harbour authorities on policy, regulation and infrastructure matters.
South Shields Marine School	Training & education	North East England	Deck, engineering and STCW training with simulators, part of South Tyneside College.
Fleetwood Nautical Campus	Training & education	North West England	Merchant navy cadet and short-course training on the Lancashire coast, part of Blackpool and The Fylde College.
City of Glasgow College — Riverside Campus	Training & education	Scotland	One of Europe's largest nautical training faculties, with full-mission bridge and engine room simulators.
Hull College — maritime and engineering	Training & education	Humber	Engineering, welding and offshore-related technical training serving Humber employers.

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