CMN announced as winners of Coastal Powerhouse Award at the 2024 Maritime UK Awards

Cornwall Marine Network has been announced as this year’s winner of the prestigious Coastal Powerhouse Award at the Maritime UK 2024 Awards.

In the Maritime sector of the UK, the Coastal Powerhouse Award is quite simply, the biggest award that CMN could ever win.

‘Coastal Powerhouse’ is Maritime UK’s most prestigious award and is given to one company each year that has had a major impact on improving the economy in their local region. This year’s award was sponsored by the Department of Transport (DfT)

The Award celebrates maritime businesses, charities, organisations, or groups of any size, who demonstrate exceptional leadership as catalysts for economic growth within their local communities.

The ceremony was held at the Titanic Museum in Belfast, with maritime businesses, personnel, industry colleagues and government partners congregating to celebrate the best of the UK’s Maritime sector.

CMN’s win is recognition for its role in supporting its member businesses to grow over the last 20 years, demonstrating it is a true Coastal Powerhouse by announcing the impact of its collaboration with members has resulted in 4,600 new jobs in Cornwall which has created more than £600 Million of additional value to Cornwall’s economy.

Paul Wickes MBE, CEO at Cornwall Marine Network

“CMN was picked as this year’s Maritime UK Coastal Powerhouse winner for our exemplary track record of creating 4,600 new jobs with our members in the last 20 years. No other maritime business support organisation in the UK or across Europe has ever created new jobs in a local region on the scale of CMN, it is a unique achievement and I am very proud of what Team CMN and our members have achieved, together we are the best of the best.

We congratulate our friends at Harland and Wolfe and the Northern Ireland Maritime Cluster for also being shortlisted.

The award demonstrates the benefits business support organisations like CMN make and we will proudly be bringing our trophy home to our team and for Cornwall.

Mark Williams, CMN Director,

“CMN are super proud to receive the Coastal Powerhouse award. This achievement really is a testament to what everyone in our team contributes to support our members to overcome challenges and help them grow. It also clearly demonstrates just how well respected the brand and achievements of CMN are across the whole UK. CMN truly is a UK Coastal Powerhouse”.

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For further information or any questions, please contact:

Sam Winters – Strategic Marketing and Communications

Cornwall Marine Network Group

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Cornwall Marine Network Group (CMN)

Cornwall Marine Network is a private not-for-profit company, limited by guarantee and owned by more than 350 local businesses in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. The CMN Team provide expert specialist support which helps companies and people to grow.