Casper Versteylen presented with Maritime Talent Award
According to the jury, Casper Versteylen is bringing the energy transition in the shipping industry a step closer by combining materials science expertise with practical experiments. He won the Maritime Talent Award for his efforts. Among other things, he is...
SensoriumC-Onboard lands Maritime Innovation Award
Container loss at sea is an urgent and systemic problem. SensoriumC-Onboard helps to reduce this risk by providing the captain on board with better information. Company GBMS won the Maritime Innovation Award for this invention last night at the Maritime Awards Gala....
Susan Christianen wins Maritime Security Award
At the Maritime Awards Gala on 2 November in Hilversum, Susan Christianen was named winner of the Maritime Security Award. Through her research into a National Maritime Safety Centre, Christianen focuses on a highly topical issue: strengthening the Netherlands’...
Maritime Achievement Award for trade protection research
In his PhD research into the protection of the Dutch merchant fleet between 1935 and 1991, LTZ1 dr. Matthijs Ooms links lessons from the past to current issues surrounding trade security and geopolitical tensions. It landed him the Maritime Achievement Award at the...
Windcat Rotterdam named Ship of the Year 2026
The Windcat Rotterdam has won the Ship of the Year Award 2026 at the Maritime Awards Gala, held at Studio 21 (ORYN) in Hilversum on 2 November. This carefully designed and constructed commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV) demonstrates the strength of Dutch...
Huisman to deliver Knuckle Boom Cranes for Siem vessels
Siem Industries has contracted Huisman for the delivery of 400-mt and 50-mt Knuckle Boom Cranes for two newbuild offshore support vessels. The vessels are currently under construction at Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding in Fuzhou, China. The scope of supply includes two...
HNLMS Den Helder takes command of NATO task group
HNLMS Den Helder departed from the port of Den Helder on 31 October. The Combat Support Ship is the flagship of Standing NATO Maritime Group 1. Friends and family of the crew waved the ship off from the quay. Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 (SNMG1) is a rapidly...
More EST-Floattech batteries for Damen CF 3850
Recently, Damen Shipyards Group contracted EST-Floattech to supply two battery systems, thereby renewing the framework agreement in place between the two companies since last year. The two Octopus Series battery systems are to be installed on board Damen Combi...
Heerema develops record-breaking spreader bars
As offshore structures continue to grow in size and complexity, so do the demands placed on lifting equipment. To address this challenge, Heerema Marine Contractors has developed the world's two largest modular spreader bars: a first-of-its-kind solution that combines...
Funding for Norwegian nuclear propulsion project
The Marine Nuclear Propulsion System (MarNuPS) Pilot project aims to build and test an integrated nuclear propulsion system, targeting first vessel deployment in 2031/32. The project has secured NOK 20 million (USD 2m) in initial funding from the Research Council of...
Seafarers face widening competency gap
82 per cent of maritime professionals surveyed say current training does not adequately prepare seafarers for the realities of modern, digitally-enabled vessel operations. Just eighteen per cent believe training keeps pace, according to new research from OneOcean and...
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