Matthijs Schuiten

Matthijs Schuiten began his career as a maritime officer at sea and then studied mechanical engineering. He worked for four years as a mechanical engineer and six years as a manager of mechanical engineering, designing mechanical installations for vessels including submarines, FPSOs, FSOs, tugs, pontoons and luxury yachts.

Around 2010 he moved to Damen Services to start a green services department, where ballast water treatment became the main priority. In 2013 he was Design & Proposal Engineer at Damen Services.

He spoke at three Mare Forum events in 2013: the 1st Cayman Islands Shipping Summit, Mare Forum Europort and the 3rd Blue Shipping Forum.