The first half of 2020 MasterShip was heavily affected by the Corona virus. This was partly caused by the effects of the Corona pandemic in the Netherlands. But more specifically because our engineering production facility is in Wuhan, China. The cancellation of our visas for visiting our Wuhan office in mid-January was our first direct experience with the Corona pandemic.

After about 60 years of CAD in shipbuilding, we are currently entering the 3rd generation of CAD software: The generation that leverages the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI). This May 2020 we were rewarded with funding by RVO, for a feasibility study on Knowledge Based Engineering (KBE) of ship constructions.

In October last, 25-year-old Tufail Shahzad from Pakistan was hired by MasterShip as an Innovation Manager/Naval Architect. Having traveled around the world and with academic degrees in several countries, he has proved himself to be a real explorer. This is, however, not the only reason why this may turn out to be a match made in heaven.