The Maritime Knowledge Centre (MKC) has been founded mid 2002 to increase cooperation within the public maritime knowledge infrastructure on the fields of fundamental and applied research. MKC is a cooperation between DelftTechnicalUniversity, TNO, MARIN and the RoyalNetherlandsNavalCollege. Through knowledge development, the MKC wants to make a valuable contribution to the strengthening of the Dutch maritime cluster. Besides that, it wants to increase the attractiveness and quality of maritime education.