Events for maritime students at DTU

About our events

Throughout the years Nul-Kryds has organised and hosted various events of different extents, from small Christmas lunches and Martha evenings to weeklong congresses as well as students trips with company visits around the world. It is in the organisations interest to help create connection between companies and students, also to enlighten the students with the different aspects of the maritime industry. For us, it is important to organise several events each semester, to ensure all students get a chance to interact with the companies, and vice versa.

SMM Hamburg - September 2024
The world's leading trade fair for the maritime industry, this year arranged by ShippingLab in collaboration with Danish Maritime and Danish Shipping, and supported by Danish Export.

New Board of 2024 - 2025
Elected on June 6th, 2024

Study Trip to Svendborg with MARTEC students - April 2024
Picture from Svendborg Skibsværft. We also visited Danmarks museum for lystsejllads, SIMAC and Tuco Marine.

Martha Evening - June 2024
Annual Summer party with BBQ, Schnapps and the mandatory Danish sailors movie S/S Martha. June 8th. 2024.

NTHS Congress - February 2024
The Danish delegation in Norway before the congress of 50 students from Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark met, for an academic and social week in the maritime spirit.

Maritime Thesis Day - November 2023
Chance for curious students at DTU to meet the maritime industry, for informal talks about companies, jobs, projects, internships or possibilities.

South Korea Student Trip - October 2023
Changwon National University during the Asia trip for maritime students at DTU.

HHI Shipyard, South Korea
Invitation to Hyundai Heavy Industries by Maersk to see their new methanol vessel Ane (17/10/2023), during the Student trip to Asia.

Laura Maersk - September 2023
Student visit onboard the new Maersk methanol containership

74th NTHS Banquet - March 2023
The annual student congress was in 2023 held in Denmark, and the week was rounded off by a great banquet for both old timers and the new congress.

74th NTHS at Karstensen - 2023
Second visit of the 2023 NTHS congress went to Karstensens shipyard in Skagen

74th NTHS at Fayard - 2023
During the annual NTHS congress for Nordic maritime students, the event was held by the Danish delegation where they, amongst others, visited the shipyard Fayard, where the congress got a tour around the premises.

SMM Hamburg - September 2022
The students were invited to see the bridge of the Rødby-Puttgarden ferry on their way to the International Maritime Trade Fair SMM.

Upcoming Events

NTHS Finland - Week 8 2026

February 22th - 28th 2026

The Annual NTHS will be held in Finland, starting the trip with a ferry from Stockholm, and arriving in Turku, Finland, the following day. The week will be filled with maritime company visits and networking with fellow naval architecture students from the Nordic Universities. The participating universities: Aalto (Helsinki), KTH (Stockholm), Chalmers (Göteborg) and NTNU (Trondheim) have, tradition true, sent off 10 students annually since 1947. It is a great opportunity to expand both personal connections and knowledge on the Nordic industry.

Old timers formal invitation and sign up below:

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Study Trip to Esbjerg

Date: March 18th - 20th 2026

Want a closer look at the Danish maritime and offshore industry?

During the trip, we will visit several key companies within the sector, including Welcon, Esvagt, MHO-CO, and more. These visits will provide valuable insight into offshore operations, maritime services, production, and engineering solutions, while also offering the opportunity to meet professionals working directly in the industry.

The cost of participating is 300 DKK, thanks to ShippingLab who will be covering the remainder of the expenses on the trip.

Departue: Wednesday March 18 at aprx. 12:00

Back home: Friday March 20 at aprx. 17:00

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Visit Research Vessel Dana IV

March 4th - 6th 2026

On March 4–5, Denmark’s largest research vessel, RV DANA, will sail from Hirtshals to Copenhagen, and by signing up here you have the opportunity to join the voyage.

While on board, you can gain academic inspiration for the rest of your studies and ideas for new projects. The voyage is aimed at students currently enrolled in a natural sciences or maritime university program who are interested in learning more about pursuing a master’s degree at DTU.

DaSCENT student conference

April 8th - 10th 2026

Danish Student Conference for Engineering & Naval Technologies 2026, at the Royal Danish Naval Academy. The theme of the 2026 conference will be ''Military Capabilities In A Modern World: New Solutions For A Rapid Changing Battlefield'.

The conference aims to bring together STEM students from universities and engineering schools with midshipmen from the Royal Danish Naval Academy and other Naval Academies to discuss these challenges.

Upcoming IDA Maritime events

IDA, The Danish Society of Engineers, has a dedicated maritime network with more than 1,300 members. IDA Maritime covers both technical and managerial aspects of ship construction, production, and operation. Each year, around 12 events such as conferences, lectures, and study trips are organized to support knowledge sharing and strengthen professional and social connections among members.

Has the climate action been cancelled or postponed (IMO MEPC postponement)

Date: January 26th 2026

from 17.30 to 20.30

Price: The event is free

Place: IDA Conference, København V

After the dramatic IMO MEPC meeting and postponement in mid October 2025 what is likely to happen going forward. We will hear the stories from the people that took part on the day and from other parties involved.

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Shipping in the Arctic

Date: February 23rd 2026

from 17.30 to 20.30

Price: The event is free

Place: IDA Conference, København V

The Arctic is a mystical place. This evening, IDA Maritime and DSNAME would like to invite you to an event where we will explore the Arctic from a maritime perspective.

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Ammonia as Fuel: Technology, Safety & Operational Readiness

Date: March 9th 2026

from 17.30 to 20.30

Price: The event is free

Place: IDA Conference, København V

As the maritime sector accelerates toward zero-carbon operations, ammonia is emerging as a promising future fuel. Yet key questions remain: How close are we to safe, scalable adoption—and what must shipowners, operators, ports, and crews prepare for?

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Please note that these events are also available as online webinars, free of charge for participation.

Recent Events

June 2025

Martha Evening

Another lovely Summer party aka Martha evening, this year we were finally lucky with sun, warm weather and lots of new faces! We BBQ'ed, played Fernet Branca Sænke Slagskibe and watched the mandatory Martha movie with loads of throat lubricants.

April 2025

Studytrip 2025 - Frederikshavn

Our traditional spring study trip headed for Frederikshavn this year, right after easter break. We were lucky to fit in two cars, and headed for Molslinjen for the highspeed ferry so we could enjoy our lunch in peace. We then headed straight for Århus eye, tallest building in Denmark, to enjoy the view and visit their marine exhibition. The night was spent in Aalborg, before we headed for MarineShaft in Hirtshals, followed by Everllence and Orskov shipyard both in Frederikshavn. The next day we visited MEproduction and the school of Martec, where we talked with both their professors and the students, seeing their project work and facilities. Thank you to all the companies for having us, and ShippinLab for helping finance the trip.

March 2025

NTHS 2025 - Sweden

This year, the NTHS was hosted as a joined venture between KTH from Stockholm, where the congress started, and Chalmers from Goteborg where the congress ended. The week was packed with different companies covering areas like maritime defense, ship management, classification and design, testing and production facilities as well as the green transition. A great thanks to all the companies who took their time to present their companies, technologies and facilities: FOI, FMV, Wallenius Marine, Echandia, Kongsberg in Kristinehamn, Stena-RORO and Stena-Line, ABS, Volvo Penta and RISE. Also thank you to our own sponsors for helping the Danish delegation: DSNAME, DFDS, Coach Solutions and OSK Design. Read the full report under Reports.

September 4th to 6th 2024

SMM Hamburg

Worlds leading Maritime Fair

The Fair takes place every second year, and is the world's leading maritime trade fair with over 2 000 exhibitors. This year, a student trip was organized and financed by ShippingLab in collaboration with Danish Maritime, Danish Shipping, and supported by Danish Export. The event proved to show great interest to students, as a total of 130 students participated from various academic institutions such as DTU, Copenhagen School of Marine Engineering (Maskinmesterskolen København), SIMAC, MARTEC, ITU, SDU, CBS and Aarhus School of Marine and Technical Engineering.

April 2024

Field Trip - Svendborg

To welcome the new fellow maritime students in Frederikshavn, we invited Naval architect bachelor students from MARTEC to join some of us DTU students on a small two day field trip to Svendborg. We visited Danmarks Museum for Lystsejlads in Svendborg along with the school SIMAC along with the shipyard Svendborg skibsværft. On the way back we also got the chance to see the composite ships designed and built by TUCO Marine.

February 2024

NTHS 2024 - Norway

This year, Mannhullet from the norwegian delegeation of NTNU had the pleasure of hosting the yearly NTHS congress. The congress started in Oslo, where the monday was hosted by Norges rederiforbund, where employees from Havfram, Fred Olsen Windcarrier and DNV talked about their companies and trainee programs, after which Nexans had invited the congress for a visit. Tuesday was also spent in Oslo, visiting Yara Marine, Econnect and Höegh LNG and the day ended with a Sauna event followed by a nightbus to Trondheim. Wednesday called for the salmon agriculture business, where it started at the salmon farm in Hitra and ended at Scale AQ. The Thursday was spent in Tronheim, where the congress visited Altera, then the autonomous ferry ZeaBuz and ended with a tour of an old norwegian ferry, built in 1956, which had been bought back from finland in 2021, and was being restored. The last day, Friday, we got to see the Facilities at the NTNU university and heard from the Department of Marine Technology of NTNU. The day ended with the long waited banquet, with a very entertaining program and many old timer guests. The speaches were perfomed, Drukkenbolt was found and the President, Carl (NTNU) handed the anchor of responsibility on to Swedens NTHS president of 2025, Jesper (KTH).

Visit to the student bar of Mannhullet, Trondheim

Annecdote evening, performance from Chalmers

1st of November 2023

Maritime Thesis Day

Maritime Thesis Day is hosted by Maritime DTU and Shipping Lab where Nul-Kryds supported the event with participating Oldtimers and students as speakers. Participants had the chance to get in contact with companies and talk about thesis opportunities as wells as student job positions.

September 2022

SMM 2022

The semester started with a tour to the worlds biggest Shipping fair in Hamburg. Here 18 students joint the tour and had 2 days to wander around the fair. On top of the fair the tour included a visit with the Captain of one Scandlines ferry between Denmark and Germany and visits during the fair with G&O Maritime Group, Inrotech and DNV Germany.

13th -20th october 2023

Busan, South Korea

This years Asia trip went to Busan, South Korea where 18 students joined for a week packed with maritime related program. We arrived on saturday evening, and the sunday was spent strolling around the area, experiencing the culture. Monday, we went to visit the technical university of Chamwong, where we also got to eat lunch with some maritime students. On tuesday, we visited HHI, Hyundai Heavy Industry and saw the enormous shipyard. We ended the day off with a boat tour. Wednesday was SHI, Samsung heavyy industries. Thursday was Lloyds Register followed by the Korean register. The last day we were supposed to fly home in the afternnon, so we spent the morning seeing the beautiful martitime museum of Busan.

March 2023

NTHS 2023 - Denmark

This year the Nul-Kryds board had the hornor of hosting the 74. NTHS congress in Denmark. Here the Danish deegation prepared one week of program for 50 students from all across Scandinavia. The other participants came from NTNU in Tronheim, Norway; Chalmers in Gøteborg and KTH in Stockholm, Sweden and Aalto in Helsinki Finland. The week started by visiting a well known engine manufacturer in Frederikshavn (MAN) and a famous Shipyard in Skagen (Karstensens). Afterwards the tour continued with visits in Aalborg (Alfa Laval), Århus (OSK), Esbjerg (Viking), Odense (Fayard) and ended in Copenhagen (MAN, DFDS, Coach Solutions, FORCE, DTU, OMT and Vessel Performance). The week was full of interesting visits and a lot of networking between the students, and ended with a big Banquet for the participants and all oldtimers of NTHS. We had a great time and are looking forward to the next NTHS congress in Norway 2024. We are greatful for all the support we received from the maritime industry, wihtout whom the congress would not be possible.