The MSSA is a not-for-profit, Community Interest Company, established to promote information sharing to help maritime companies protect their people and assets.
We develop online platforms for security officers to collaborate and more effectively counter maritime crime. They enable security officers to:
Maritime Cyber & GNSS-PNT Incident Reporting and information sharing
The Problem we aim to solve
There is no single global maritime cyber and GNSS&PNT incident reporting and information sharing platform, no agreed, form and no agreed terms. It means it is impossible to gather, verify or share cyber incident data, throughout the maritime community and its government supporters in real time.
The Delivery
Seafarer Wellbeing CIC
The problem we aim to solve
Mental Health is becoming an unavoidable issue in the Maritime industry.
There are now many organisations within the maritime sector wanting to address, the concerns around understanding mental health, but in disparate ways and with scarce resources.
In order to determine the scale of the problems for seafarers and to look at concrete ways that the industry might address these, an industry-wide coordinated approach is needed.
The delivery
We recruited Dr Risto Talas BA (Hons), MBA, PhD and Dr Maria Carrera Arce PhD, MSc, Cpsychol of World Maritime University, Sweden. Between 1 November 2022 and 31 January 2023 they investigated 35 academic surveys of 19,188 seafarers conducted between 2011 and 2022. The aim was to examine the nature and content of the previous academic surveys with a view to deriving a benchmark survey which draws from the previous surveys in a simplified, but academically peer-reviewed format.
The survey in this proposed stage of the research is one that collects data on the seafarers themselves, but also the experience of seafarers completing the survey itself.
All the data anonymised in a secure seafarer data silo, available for academic review as this analysis of the feedback received will support more effective interventions. We are utilising the proven technology stack underpinning the transformation which accelerated and improved the clinical interventions with a major UK veterans charity.
Carbon Capture
Towards Zero-emissions
We are supporting a UK innovation that compresses and heats exhaust gas to naturally drain off CO2 and deliver 95%+ carbon capture, with a parasitic load of circa 10%.
The Delivery
The technology is undergoing rigorous testing at a University in the USA. Once the technology is proven we will explore maritime new building and the retrofits as the technology is scalable from engines of 2 litres, through to generators and marine engines up to power stations.
Seaweed & Kelp Carbon Capture Car-Y- Mor, St Davids
Seaweed & Kelp have the same carbon capture potential as the Amazon Rain Forest. Our thinking is that Maritime is a significant polluter, and we should form a closer relationship with marine life and especially with regards to carbon produced on the sea to be captured and stored under the sea.
The Delivery
We have supported Owen Haines, at Car-y-Mor, learning about the jeopardy of farming underwater and exploring new community groups who are interested in replicating this community model. Importantly understanding the carbon capture challenges, this is not an exact science.
Immersive Cyber Experience
The problem we solve
To deliver a cost-effective immersive experience that enables companies to test preparedness levels and experience the evolution of a cyber-attack, so that as the scenario unfolds, it puts stress on the company resources, forcing quick decisions that can make all the difference to protecting the port assets, employees and the global maritime supply chain.
The Delivery
Each MSS Alliance CIC and International Association of Risk and Crisis Communication simulation workshop includes:
There is some preparation required to set up the workshop (making it as directly relevant as possible to a particular port), but then almost all of it can then be delivered remotely.
The Simulation Platform
The simulation platform provides:
Workshop Delivery
Delivery options:
Contact Us
Address
The Mill, Quainton Road, Waddesdon, HP18 0LP, United Kingdom
Phone
+44 (0)7920 112752