MarineShift360 opens 2026 applications to help marine innovators cut their impact
BAR Technologies worked with MarineShift360
MarineShift360 has opened applications for its 2026 Impact Accelerator with a clear message: lifecycle analysis (LCA) is becoming a practical driver of design, operational and supply-chain decisions across the marine sector.
“This programme is designed to remove barriers to action,” Ollie Taylor, director of Marine Futures, says, positioning LCA as the central tool that gives organisations the evidence and confidence to change course.
The ten-month programme, delivered by Marine Futures and supported by 11th Hour Racing, offers free LCA support, technical consultancy, supply-chain guidance, a paid internship and access to a network of specialists. It is open to companies working on solutions to reduce environmental impact, including zero-emission or low-impact vessels, circular and sustainable materials, manufacturing innovations, low-impact fuels and infrastructure, and operational footprint improvements.
The emphasis on LCA follows the programme’s first-year results, which showed how the UK’s Royal National Lifeboat Institution and BAR Technologies used lifecycle modelling to identify environmental hotspots, adjust materials and engineering choices, reduce emissions and strengthen the credibility of sustainability claims. These findings also highlighted where LCA can support cost avoidance and more resilient long-term planning — an increasingly important priority for commercial and non-profit operators.
Taylor says the first cohort’s experience demonstrates how “lifecycle insight can be powerful when organisations commit to understanding their impact,” noting that teams often use the data to scale improvements across fleets and product lines.
11th Hour Racing’s co-founder and CEO, Jeremy Pochman, says the sector needs organisations willing to rethink systems rather than refine them. He describes the accelerator as providing “the insight, structure, and collaboration required to drive that transformation.”
Applications are open until 31 December 2025. Shortlisted companies will be interviewed in January, with the 2026 cohort announced later that month (full details and application materials are available online).
