Dutch maritime industry had difficult year, but order books on the rise

Dutch maritime industry had difficult year, but order books on the rise

Dutch yacht building and short sea are doing well, but all other categories of the Dutch maritime manufacturing industry are struggling. Trade association Netherlands Maritime Technology (NMT) draws this conclusion in its annual report 2023. Yet, there is a silver...
SWZ|Maritime’s March 2023 issue: The energy transition depends on the engineers

SWZ|Maritime’s March 2023 issue: The energy transition depends on the engineers

When it comes to creating the future, politicians and activists tend to behave like the beginning of the text in a famous Queen hit: ‘I want it all and I want it now!’. But wise people know that Rome wasn’t built in a day. And anyone who paid even a little bit of...
‘Maritime sector is good for our economy and jobs’

‘Maritime sector is good for our economy and jobs’

Last year’s rejection of the Maritime Master Plan for thirty zero-emission ships by 2030 shows that the Dutch government is still not fully behind the industry. However, the Maritime Monitor 2022 shows once again that the combined Dutch maritime sector, that is,...