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Seafarers face widening competency gap

Seafarers face widening competency gap

by Mariska Buitendijk | Oct 30, 2026 | Digitalisation, Maritime education/training/careers, Maritime research, News, Seafarers, Shipping

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...
Damen Shipyards to cut 225 jobs

Damen Shipyards to cut 225 jobs

by Mariska Buitendijk | Oct 29, 2026 | Maritime education/training/careers, News, Shipbuilding

Dutch shipbuilder Damen Shipyards has announced it will cut 225 jobs in the Netherlands for efficiency reasons. Compulsory redundancies have not been ruled out. Trade union CNV calls the plans a ‘cold shower for employees’. Damen states it is the next step...
Spliethoff opens new training simulator in Amsterdam

Spliethoff opens new training simulator in Amsterdam

by Mariska Buitendijk | Oct 13, 2026 | Digitalisation, Maritime education/training/careers, News, Project cargo, Shipping

Spliethoff has commissioned a new training simulator in Amsterdam. It is the second next-generation simulator that MARIN has developed for the shipping company. It allows seafarers to train crane, cargo and ballast operations under realistic conditions. Vessel motions...
Navigating innovation – Engineering the future fleet: Jiswi Wensink

Navigating innovation – Engineering the future fleet: Jiswi Wensink

by Guest author / SWZ editor | Oct 7, 2026 | Maritime education/training/careers, News, SWZ|Maritime

From the magazine – There was no whirring of CNC machines, the workshops were empty and no team was present. The otherwise lively Dream Hall at the TU Delft was silent. The Dream Teams of the academic year ’25-’26 are celebrating their holidays and new teams had yet...
Practice-oriented Professional Doctorate driving innovation

Practice-oriented Professional Doctorate driving innovation

by Guest author / SWZ editor | Sep 30, 2026 | Maritime education/training/careers, News, SWZ|Maritime

From the magazine – In 2023, the pilot Professional Doctorate (PD) programme was launched as a post-master doctoral pathway within the universities of applied science (HBO). While traditional PhD programmes primarily focus on creating new conceptual knowledge, the PD...
New safety and training resources for ammonia vessels

New safety and training resources for ammonia vessels

by Mariska Buitendijk | Aug 24, 2026 | Energy transition, Marine fuels, Maritime education/training/careers, Maritime research, News, Ship propulsion, Shipping

Lloyd’s Register Maritime Decarbonisation Hub and the Maersk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping have launched new resources to support the safe adoption of ammonia as a marine fuel. The resources include an Ammonia Process Safety Management (PSM)...
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