Niko Wijnolst was Professor Emeritus in Shipping and co-author of the book "Shipping Innovation" with Tor Wergeland and Kai Levander.
He chaired 12 Mare Forum events between 2005 and 2011, including "The New European Maritime Policy" (2005) and "The New European Maritime Policy Forum" (2006), the 1st and 2nd European Maritime Research Policy Conferences, the 2nd Global Ship Recycling Summit and two editions of Marseille Maritime.