The Maritime Awards Gala Foundation has selected "De Broodfabriek" (The Bread Factory) in Rijswijk, the Netherlands, as its venue for the Maritime Awards Gala 2019. Some 1000 guests are expected for this edition, which takes place on the 4th of November.
As in previous years, five awards will be presented at the gala. These are the Maritime Award: KNVTS Ship of the Year, the KVNR Shipping Award, the Maritime Innovation Award, the Maritime Designer Award and the Maritime Royal Netherlands Navy (RNLN) Van Hengel-Spengler Award.
So far, four of the award juries have announced their nominees.
- For the KNVTS Ship of the Year Award these are: yacht Bravo Eugenia, dredger DC Orisant and inland navigation vessel Sendo Liner.
- For the Maritime KVNR Shipping Award: Heerema Marine Contractors for a shore power business case and Dutch political party members responsible for the Merchant Shipping Protection Act.
- For the Maritime Innovation Award: Conoship with the eConowind unit, Huisman with lighter offshore cranes and Value Maritime's "plug and play" scrubber.
- For the Maritime Designer Award: Agnieta Habben Jansen with her entry 'Vulnerability Reduction of Distributed Systems' and Niels de Vries with his research titled 'Ammonia as renewable fuel for the maritime industry'.
Broodfabriek
De Broodfabriek Expo & Eventcenter owes its name to the former bread factory of bakery Hus. For decades, thousands of loaves of bread and pastries rolled off the conveyor belt. In the meantime, the location has been converted into a multifunctional exhibition and event complex.
Picture: The Maritime Awards Gala 2018 (by SWZ|Maritime / G.J. de Boer).
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