The Maritime Awards Gala is all about five prestigious awards: the KNVTS Ship of the Year Award, the VNSI-Timmersprijs, the HME Maritime Innovation Award, the KVNR Shipping Award and the HISWA Excellence Award. Find out about the nominees.

The nominees for the various awards are:

KNVTS Ship of the Year Award
– Deen Shipping Holding: MTS Apollo
– IHC Merwede and Huisman: Seven oceans
– Schelde Naval Shipbuilding: KRI Diponegoro

VNSI-Timmersprijs
– Wendy de Bruijn
– Ko Stroo

HME Maritime Innovation Award
– Huisman: Combi pijpleg systeem
– Machine- & Lierenfabriek C. Kraaijeveld: SafeWinch

KVNR Shipping Award
– Anthony Veder Group: ‘combined LNG/Ethyleen super clean gas tanker’
– Spliethoff’s bevrachtingskantoor: Training 8 vessel project

HISWA Excellence Award
– Henk de Vries (De Vries Scheepsbouw)
– Lex Keuning (TU Delft)
– Gerard Dijkstra (Dijkstra & Partners Naval Architects)

The Maritime Awards Gala
The winners will be announced during the Maritime Awards Gala on 6 November at the World Forum Convention Centre in The Hague. Dutch minister of Economic Affairs Maria van der Hoeven will present the awards to its winners.

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