What occupies the minds of maritime students? What is the new generation of maritime professionals working on? What is it like for a woman to work in the still male-dominated maritime industry? These and more questions form the heart of SWZ Maritime's April special.
SWZ Maritime editor Antoon Oosting interviewed Marjolein van Noort en Sylvia Boer and asked them what makes the maritime industry special and what it is like working in it as women. In addition, there is an interview with Naomi van den Berg, a starting trainee at Damen Shipyards. What did she think of maritime education and what does she hope to accomplish in her maritime career? Read it in SWZ Maritime's Maritime Women and Youngsters' special.
The other articles that make up this month's special cover the following topics:
- how and why students start working on their CV the minute they start their education;
- the Race of the Classics;
- the new inland shipping simulator centre for students in Harlingen, the Netherlands;
- student research into the use of different hull forms (proa, catamaran and trimaran) for yachts;
- the use of network theory in ship design.
New Ventilation Requirements
In addition to an article on the annual model sailing boat contest at Marin between different student teams and one on Donald Trump's history with Dutch yacht building, Meindert Vink discusses new ventilation requirements recently adopted by the IMO. The IMO will update SOLAS regulations so that it will become possible to operate a ventilation system at a decreased number of air changes and/or a decreased amount of ventilation.
Read It Now
In short, an interesting and diverse issue. Subscribers can access it now. The print issue will reach you this Friday (25 March). Not yet a subscriber? Subscribe here.
Picture: Tall ships are often used to give young people a taste of the maritime world (by Tall Ships Adventures).
