On 31 October, the Dutch maritime highlight of the year takes place: the Maritime Awards Gala. SWZ Maritime's October issue dives into all five awards and its nominees.
Once again five awards will be presented at the Maritime Awards Gala: the Maritime Innovation Award, the Maritime Designer Award, the Royal Netherlands Navy Van Hengel-Spengler Award, the KVNR Shipping Award and the KNVTS Ship of the Year Award.
The nominees for the awards are:
Maritime Innovation Award
- IHC IQIP – Integrated Monopile Installer
- Tideman Boats – Fast HDPE workboats
- Van Oord – Strategic Partnership Van Oord Fleet
Maritime Designer Award
- Etienne Duchateau (Dept. Maritime Systems of the Defence Materiel Organisation) – A method for an interactive and controllable exploration of ship concepts
- Justin Rietveld (Damen Shipyards Gorinchem) – A new concept for the offshore decommissioning industry
Royal Netherlands Navy Van Hengel-Spengler Award
- Ensign (LTZ 3 (TD)) Louis Elling – Research into whether the Interacting Multiple Model – Extended Kalman Filter (IMM-EKF) can be applied in tracking systems
- Roderik Vogels MSc – Research into predicting the roll motion of submarines sailing on the surface
- Ensign (LTZ 3 (TD)) Sietske Vredeveldt – Research into the improvement of the chairs on board FRISC
KVNR Shipping Award
- Csmart – Holland America Line's new Arison Maritime Center (a simulator centre that mimicks the bridge layout of Holland America Line's newest cruise vessel Koningsdam)
- MedAssist – Software developed by Emergency Control – Maritime Training BV that offers vital medical skills with videos and photographs for crew out at sea
KNVTS Ship of the Year Award
- Sailing yacht Aquijo
- Fishing vessel MDV 1 Immanuel
- Motor yacht Savannah
Nominees in SWZ Maritime
SWZ Maritime's October issue discusses all nominees in detail. This issue will also be distributed at the Maritime Awards Gala, so be sure not to miss it. Subscribers can read the online version now.
Picture: Maritime Awards Gala 2015 (by Rogier Bos/Netherlands Maritime Technology).
