The last edition in 2011 of Maritime by Holland Magazine is a very special issue, as we are celebrating the 60 years jubilee of our magazine. Coert van Zijll Langhout, director of Navingo, provides the guest column. In our special, we pay attention to our diamond jubilee and several managers from different maritime sectors look back at 2011 and give their vision on 2012. Bas Buchner, president at MARIN (Maritime Research Institute Netherlands) tells about Joint Industry Projects, among others, yacht builder Royal Huisman plays the leading role in our Global Holland series and we discuss the latest developments in the area of piracy and LNG. Heavy cargo multi purpose vessel ABIS Bremen, accommodation barge Vivaldi and cutter suction dredger Athena feature in our ship descriptions.