{"id":825,"date":"2025-03-04T08:38:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T08:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maritimejournal.nfdtesting.uk\/get-set-for-workboat-2050\/2025\/03\/04\/the-countdown-to-get-set-for-workboat-2050-is-on\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T22:16:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T21:16:49","slug":"the-countdown-to-get-set-for-workboat-2050-is-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maritimejournal.com\/get-set-for-workboat-2050\/2025\/03\/04\/the-countdown-to-get-set-for-workboat-2050-is-on\/","title":{"rendered":"The countdown to Get Set for Workboat 2050 is on"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Royal Association of Netherlands Shipowners (KVNR) to participate in&nbsp;crucial discussions on decarbonising North Sea operations, future fuels and port infrastructure requirements and zero-emission workboats and future&nbsp;workforce skills.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Association is partnering with The Workboat Association and Seawork&nbsp;to support a unique one-day conference at the Wereldmuseum, Rotterdam on&nbsp;27 March.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/mercatormedia.createsend1.com\/t\/y-i-ctjutjk-l-y\/\" target=\"_blank\">VIEW CONFERENCE PROGRAMME<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>KVNR Speakers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Annet Koster,<\/strong>&nbsp;will deliver the Conference Keynote address.&nbsp;Annet has built a varied career after completing university studies in law and political science. Starting as a lobbyist, she gained extensive experience in advocacy&nbsp;while working for the SME Netherlands trade association from&nbsp;2005. She has been Managing Director of KVNR, since 2018.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Annet will be joined by KVNR\u2019s&nbsp;<strong>Nick Lurkin,<\/strong>&nbsp;<em>Senior Adviser Climate &amp; Environment,<\/em>&nbsp;who will be delivering his insight on regulatory considerations in the alternative fuels and port infrastructure session. At KVNR Nick covers climate and environmental policy matters for maritime transport at national, EU and IMO level.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline_image  image_size_med\" data-attachment=\"324499\" data-sequence=\"2\">\n<p class=\"picture\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Nick Lurkin Photo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.maritimejournal.com\/get-set-for-workboat-2050\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/01_324499_nicklurkinphoto_576625.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazyloaded wp-image-827\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.maritimejournal.com\/get-set-for-workboat-2050\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/01_324499_nicklurkinphoto_576625.webp 1600w, https:\/\/www.maritimejournal.com\/get-set-for-workboat-2050\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/01_324499_nicklurkinphoto_576625-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.maritimejournal.com\/get-set-for-workboat-2050\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/01_324499_nicklurkinphoto_576625-1024x682.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.maritimejournal.com\/get-set-for-workboat-2050\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/01_324499_nicklurkinphoto_576625-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.maritimejournal.com\/get-set-for-workboat-2050\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/01_324499_nicklurkinphoto_576625-1536x1023.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.maritimejournal.com\/get-set-for-workboat-2050\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/01_324499_nicklurkinphoto_576625-600x400.webp 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Book now to join the KVNR team at the conference, learn the latest updates and engage in the panel discussions, plus network with fellow professionals throughout the day and at the evening drinks reception.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/mercatormedia.createsend1.com\/t\/y-i-ctjutjk-l-j\/\" target=\"_blank\">BOOK YOUR PLACE TODAY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more information on attending, sponsoring or speaking at this event contact&nbsp;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"mailto:conferences@workboat2050.com\" target=\"_blank\" data-emb-iscopy=\"true\">conferences@workboat2050.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get Set for Workboat 2050 &#8211; the latest in a series of leading conferences &#8211; will explore the\u00a0latest in decarbonisation, geopolitical challenges, future skills gaps, and OPEX efficiencies.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":826,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-get-set-for-workboat-2050-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maritimejournal.com\/get-set-for-workboat-2050\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maritimejournal.com\/get-set-for-workboat-2050\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maritimejournal.com\/get-set-for-workboat-2050\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maritimejournal.com\/get-set-for-workboat-2050\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maritimejournal.com\/get-set-for-workboat-2050\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=825"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.maritimejournal.com\/get-set-for-workboat-2050\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":828,"href":"https:\/\/www.maritimejournal.com\/get-set-for-workboat-2050\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825\/revisions\/828"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maritimejournal.com\/get-set-for-workboat-2050\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maritimejournal.com\/get-set-for-workboat-2050\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maritimejournal.com\/get-set-for-workboat-2050\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maritimejournal.com\/get-set-for-workboat-2050\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=825"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maritimejournal.com\/get-set-for-workboat-2050\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}