Peter Flameling – Senior surveyor After obtaining his Atheneum diploma, Peter first worked in the transport world for about three years before starting a study at Rotterdam Mainport Institute of Applied Sciences (STC Group) to become a Maritime Officer. After...

Charles Taylor Acquires V+B Group, Bolstering Marine Capabilities Bringing Rotterdam-based Group on board will further expand Charles Taylor Marine Technical Services’ presence in European market Charles Taylor, a leading provider of claims and technology solutions to...

Certification FSQS-NL To meet the compliance requirements of one of Netherlands’ major co-insurers, the V+B Group has successfully been certified according to the FSQS-NL standard by Hellios Information B.V. We are very pleased that the FSQS-NL certificate was awarded...

ISO 27001:2017 implementation starts For several years we have been paying a lot of attention to our privacy policy and compliance within the V+B Group and we have improved this to a high level. We value the protection of the privacy of our staff and clients highly....

Arie Schilder in service for 20 years Arie entered service with Verschoor & Bras in 2001. Since then, he has developed into an all-round surveyor in the domain of deepsea and inland shipping. In 2009, Arie was promoted to the position of senior marine surveyor. He...

On 20 September 2019, Maup Hoppzak retired, after 41.5 years of working as a maritime (hull) surveyor. Despite his retirement, he remains active in his field as a consultant, arbitrator (including for UNUM, ex Tamara and NAI) and legal expert for tribunals and...

You may have noticed that the telephone at Verschoor & Bras / Marinco has not been answered by Diva for some time. The joyful reason for this is that Diva has been on maternity leave since 9 December 2019 and has become a mother for the second time in the...

Patrick Hendriksen - Marine Surveyor Patrick Hendriksen joined Verschoor & Bras on 1 September 2019 as a marine surveyor. After his graduation as a maritime officer at the Maritime Institute Willem Barentsz (in 2000) he started as 3rd engineer at Spliethoff. In...