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Shipowners and seafarers’ unions agree new three-year global minimum wage for seafarers

Shipowners and seafarers’ unions agree new three-year global minimum wage for seafarers

by Mariska Buitendijk | May 19, 2022 | Maritime education/training/careers, Maritime regulations, News, Seafarers

Maritime transport is the only sector with a formally recognised global minimum wage, which has existed for seafarers since 1958. The shipowners and seafarers’ unions have agreed that the minimum wage will increase from USD 648 per 1 July 2022 to USD 673 by 1...
Update to Maritime Labour Convention seeks to improve access to medical care

Update to Maritime Labour Convention seeks to improve access to medical care

by Mariska Buitendijk | May 18, 2022 | Maritime education/training/careers, Maritime regulations, News, Seafarers, Shipping

The UN International Labour Organization (ILO) tripartite of shipowners, governments, and transport workers unions have agreed to new measures to strengthen the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC). The update is based on lessons learned from the Covid-19 pandemic. At the...
TU Delft launches Floating Renewables Lab to boost floating offshore wind

TU Delft launches Floating Renewables Lab to boost floating offshore wind

by Mariska Buitendijk | May 4, 2022 | Maritime education/training/careers, Maritime research, News, Offshore wind

The Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) feels floating offshore wind has enormous potential. ‘To capitalise on this potential, TU Delft is launching the Floating Renewables Lab: a lab facility that will tie together all the elements of the development chain for...
Dutch maritime universities of applied sciences launch joint research platform

Dutch maritime universities of applied sciences launch joint research platform

by Mariska Buitendijk | Feb 10, 2022 | Maritime education/training/careers, Maritime research, News

Maritime Institute Willem Barentsz (MIWB), the HZ University of Applied Sciences, Hogeschool van Amsterdam and Rotterdam Mainport Institute/Hogeschool Rotterdam have joined forces to establish a platform for maritime applied research. This platform will intensify...
RelyOn Nutec plans new training centre in Eemshaven

RelyOn Nutec plans new training centre in Eemshaven

by Mariska Buitendijk | Feb 2, 2022 | Maritime education/training/careers, News, Offshore wind, Ports

RelyOn Nutec is due to open a new training centre in Eemshaven in early 2023. The centre is to meet the increasing demand from the onshore and offshore wind industries in the Groningen area. Construction will start in early March. Eemshaven is uniquely positioned to...
New management team at Damen Shiprepair & Conversion

New management team at Damen Shiprepair & Conversion

by Mariska Buitendijk | Oct 22, 2021 | Maritime education/training/careers, News, Ship repair/maintenance

With effect from 1 November, Jeroen Heesters will be the new managing director of Damen Shiprepair & Conversion, one of the seven divisions of the Damen Shipyards Group. With finance director Eric Snoeren, who joined the division on 1 October, he will make up the...
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