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SEATRADE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Capt. Wei Jia-fu, President & CEO, COSCO Group was presented with the Seatrade Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the international shipping industry as an eloquent articulator of the Asian voice in world shipping. Capt. Wei took the company into the Fortune 500 and transformed COSCO into a diversified shipping group, which even in the most serious recession year of 2009, still achieved a profit. Capt. Wei Jia-fu, President & CEO, COSCO Group received the Seatrade Lifetime Achievement Award from Guest of Honour, Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope, First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff, sponsor Xing Liangzhong, Chairman, Dalian Port Corporation and IMO Secretary-General, Efthimios Mitropoulos. |
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SEATRADE PERSONALITY 2010 Mohammad Souri, Chairman & Managing Director, NITC was presented with the Seatrade Personality Award for 2010. As a highly respected and experienced member of the global shipping industry he has been the Chairman and Managing Director of NITC for over 25 years guiding his company through a privatisation process and up the ranks to its current position as one of the world’s four largest companies in it’s sector. Mohammad Souri received the Seatrade Personality Award from Guest of Honour, Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope, First Sea Lord and IMO Secretary-General, Efthimios Mitropoulos. |
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SEATRADE GLOBAL PERFORMER 2010 The Seatrade Global Performer 2010 award was presented to Sovcomflot in recognition of its pioneering work with Arctic icebreaking tanker operations. As Russia’s leading shipping company for 20 years Sovcomflot is now on of the world’s five largest tanker companies. Evgeniy Ambrosov, Senior Executive VP, OAO Sovcomflot received the Seatrade Global Performer Award 2010 from Guest of Honour, Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope, First Sea Lord and IMO Secretary-General, Efthimios Mitropoulos. |
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SEATRADE YOUNG PERSON IN SHIPPING 2010 Harry Vafias, Founder & CEO, StealthGas Inc was awarded the Seatrade Young Person in Shipping 2010 Award in recognition of his record of achievement in the maritime industry. Stealthgas was the first pure gas company floated on the US market, and Vafias, the youngest CEO of a listed shipping company worldwide. Mr Michael Jolliffe, Chairman, StealthGas, accepted the Seatrade Young Person in Shipping 2010 Award on behalf of Harry Vafias, President and CEO, StealthGas Inc from Guest of Honour, Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope, First Sea Lord, sponsor Geoff Taylor, CEO & Executive Chairman, Drydocks World and IMO Secretary-General, Efthimios Mitropoulos. |
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SEATRADE YEAR OF THE SEAFARER AWARD This year a special Seatrade Award was presented to mark the IMO’s Year of the Seafarer. The Award was presented to Michael Grey MBE, in recognition of his strong advocacy of the interests of seafarers in his columns over many years. Michael Grey MBE received the Seatrade Year of the Seafarer Award from Guest of Honour, Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope, First Sea Lord and IMO Secretary-General, Efthimios Mitropoulos. |
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SAFETY AT SEA Winner:Honeywell Marine, France Ludovic Eveillard, Global Product Marketing Manager, Honeywell Marine, receiving the award from Guest of Honour, Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope, First Sea Lord, sponsor David Moorhouse CBE, Chairman, Lloyd’s Register and IMO Secretary-General, Efthimios Mitropoulos. Runners up:Datema Delfzijl B.V., The Netherlands United Kingdom Maritime Component Command, Bahrain |
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PROTECTION OF THE MARINE AND ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT Winner:MAN Diesel SE, Germany Jörg Albrecht, Head of Sales (Marketing) Turbocharger, MAN Diesel & Turbo SE, receiving the award from Guest of Honour, Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope, First Sea Lord, sponsor Karel van Campenhout, Senior Vice President, Europe Division, ABS and IMO Secretary-General, Efthimios Mitropoulos. Runners up:Applied Weather Technology, Inc,. USA Eniram Ltd, Finland |
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INNOVATION IN SHIP OPERATIONS Winner:PSM Instrumentation Ltd, UK Geoffrey Taylor, Managing Director, PSM Instrumentation Ltd, receiving the award from Guest of Honour, Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope, First Sea Lord, sponsor Bob Jaques, Editor-in-Chief, Seatrade Asia Week and IMO Secretary-General, Efthimios Mitropoulos. Runners up:Frédéric Wetzel Architecture Agency, France Det Norske Veritas AS, Norway
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INVESTMENT IN PEOPLE Winner:Hellenic Marine Environment Protection Association (HELMEPA), Greece Christiana Prekezes, Head of the Training Sector, Hellenic Marine Environment Protection Association (HELMEPA) receiving the award from Guest of Honour, Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope, First Sea Lord and IMO Secretary-General, Efthimios Mitropoulos. Runners up:
Anglo Eastern Maritime Training, India MISC Berhad, Malaysia |
