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Welcome to Ton Smaal
- World Maritime University -

Ton Smaal of the Netherlands took up his post as Registrar on 1 March 2011. “Our former Registrar, Mr. Bruce Browne, retired in January after 18 years at WMU, so it will be a great challenge for me to step into his shoes – to build up relationships with students, alumni, IMO and the vitally important donor agencies, like The Nippon Foundation and the OPRF,” Ton said.


Ton comes to WMU from the STC-Group/Netherlands Maritime University in Rotterdam, where he was Project Manager, upgrading and expanding the STC-Group's education programmes in Offshore, Dredging, Port Management and Transport & Logistics. From 2006 to 2010, he was International Recruitment and Admissions Officer at the Netherlands Maritime University for the Master’s programme in Shipping and Transport and had previously spent three years at Maersk-Logistics Benelux B.V.


Ton holds a B.Sc. in Logistics and Transportation Management from the Professional University of Rotterdam, and a M.Sc. in Business Administration, from Erasmus University Rotterdam.


“During my first weeks here, I have read a lot about WMU’s mission to provide the highest possible quality maritime education to people from every region of the world. The Sasakawa Fellowship programme plays a really important role in this capacity building, and WMU graduates really do make a difference when they return home by disseminating and applying the knowledge and skills obtained here,” Ton said.


Written by:
Susan Jackson
Associate Registrar
World Maritime University




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05.2011 Welcome to Ton Smaal
10.2009 New Structure for the Malmo MSc Programmes