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    May 12, 2022 4 minutes

    SOUTH COAST & CHANNEL ISLANDS

    Marine academy opens

    Send us your local news stories. Email PBO news editor Laura Hodgetts at pbo@futurenet.com, tel: 0330 390 6467

    The new South Devon College Marine Academy has opened within Premier Marina’s £75million redevelopment of a former shipbuilding yard on the banks of the River Dart.

    Ten years in the planning, this state-of-the-art facility at Noss on Dart offers training in new and emerging technologies such as autonomous vessels, electric or hybrid propulsion, courses in marine engineering, apprenticeships in boatbuilding, warehousing and composites, plus degree level qualifications in marine technologies and coastal engineering. Facilities include a marine engineering workshop, research and design

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