At the Maritime Awards Gala on 6 November, five maritime awards will be presented. All jury’s have now announced their nominees.
Following the announcement of the nominees for the Wim Timmers Designers Award in July and the KNVTS Ship of the Year Award in August, the other nominees have now also been announced for the Maritime Innovation Award, the Van Hengel-Spengler Award and the KVNR Shipping Award.
Maritime Innovation Award
The Maritime Innovation Award is meant to put maritime and offshore innovations in the spotlights and stimulate new innovations.The nominees are:
- AEC Maritime with its Closed Loop Scrubber system.
- Huisman Equipment with its Multi-Lay system with a 4000 MT mast crane, which allows spools to be interchanged at sea.
- Dynamic Marine Systems with Antiroll, its roll damping system for superyachts.
Royal Netherlands Navy Van Hengel-Spengler Award
The Dutch Royal Navy’s Van Hengel-Spengler award was be presented for the first time at the Maritime Awards Gala 2013. The award is meant for the best operational innovation by young students. The nominees are:
- LTZ3 (TD) Guus van Fulpen with his research on the “more electric submarine”.
- Ir. Roderik Kuin with his research on reduction of the resistance for submarines.
- LTZ 2 OC (TD) Peter van de Maat with his research on the effectiveness of the electro magnetic rail gun against air targets.
KVNR Shipping Award
The KVNR Shipping Award focuses on the improvement or renewal of a company’s operations, such as in the area of human resources, environmental management, fleet management or other innovative activities. The nominees are:
- Anthony Veder for its efforts to break the deadlock surrounding the use of LNG as a marine fuel.
- Van Oord with its offshore installation ship Aeolus for the construction of wind farms at sea.
- Vroon for its focus on safety at sea through the establishment of a fall protection system on board container ships.
KNVTS Ship of the Year Award
The nominees for the KNVTS Ship of the Year Award were announced earlier. They are: the Atlantic Dawn, the Galactica Star and the NH 1816.
Wim Timmers Designers Award
The Wim Timmers Designers Award nominees were announced in July. Tim Gorter of the NHL Hogeschool was nominated for his design method for solar yacht propulsion. Emiel Mobron of the Delft University of Technology/Dykstra Naval Architects for his method for wind propulsion of cargo ships.
Maritime Awards Gala
The Maritime Awards Gala takes place 6 November at Taets in Zaandam, the Netherlands. The gala is also the start of the fourth edition of the Maritime Week. During this week, with this year’s theme “High Tech, Hands On”, the maritime sector’s innovative character, sound commercialism and sustainable focus are placed in the spotlights. This year, the annual event takes place from 6 to 14 November.
Picture: Maritime Awards Gala winners 2013 (by Rogier Bos).
