Maritime R&D won’t last without production

Maritime R&D won’t last without production

SWZ|Maritime’s January issue focuses on maritime R&D in the Netherlands with contributions from Nevesbu, Conoship, MARIN and Royal IHC. However, SWZ|Maritime’s Editor-in-Chief Antoon Oosting argues that to stay strong in R&D, we also need to keep...
Dutch Ideas, Japanese Build

Dutch Ideas, Japanese Build

Japan is still a large shipbuilding nation blessed with powerful shipowners and a large fleet. Under the pressure of the global shipbuilding market problems, Japanese yards have gone through a merger and contraction phase. Yet, they have still been able to maintain a...
Dutch Shipbuilding in 2018

Dutch Shipbuilding in 2018

After the dramatic year 2016, the maritime sector finally recovered slightly from the beginning of 2017, but 2018 remained a rather difficult year for Dutch shipbuilders. SWZ|Maritime’s editor Gerrit J. de Boer has gathered a detailed overview of the ships...