The Tacoma Maritime Innovation Incubator (TMII) is accepting applications to complete the inaugural cohort of seven companies. Based out of the Center for Urban Waters on the Thea Foss Waterway in the Tideflats region of Tacoma, Washington, this program assists early stage companies in growing their business. TMII offers a professional space for companies focused on trade/logistics, clean water, clean
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The Washington Maritime Blue Board of Directors has appointed Joshua Berger as the nonprofit organization’s first president and chief executive officer. Berger founded the organization in 2018 as Washington State Governor Jay Inslee’s Maritime Innovation Advisory Committee was completing the State’s Strategy for the Blue Economy–promoting a growing maritime economy, addressing climate impacts of the ocean and marine environment, and supporting
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Washington Maritime Blue and the Port of Seattle have chosen 11 companies to participate in a highly competitive, impact-focused maritime accelerator that will launch in January 2021: Allosense Inc.Allosense provides “always connected” asset trackers using cellular, satellite and mesh technologies to reduce logistic inefficiencies. Canscan TechCanscan has developed a system based on artificial intelligence, machine vision and data analytics that
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Maritime is one of Washington’s biggest and oldest industries, and it’s also becoming one of the most innovative. Washington Maritime Blue and the Port of Seattle have partnered again to launch the next cohort of the Maritime Blue Innovation Accelerator, an intensive four-month program providing access to a global network of mentors and advisers alongside Washington’s maritime industry and ocean
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A consortium of players in the blue economy have come together to launch a Joint Innovation Project to speed the design of a fast foil ferry, an innovation that promises a leap forward in zero-emissions, high-speed passenger ferry service. In this unique public-private partnership, three ports in Washington have joined forces to support the effort: Port of Anacortes, Port of
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The Maritime Blue Accelerator Showcase will take place April 7. It will be a virtual demo day from 2:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific Standard Time. You can join the cohort as they pitch their ideas to a curated audience of investors, mentors, corporate partners and government officials and showcase their extraordinary work. These 11 start-ups were selected for the first
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