The International Seafarers’ Welfare Awards, aimed at show-casing best practice in seafarers’ welfare in the maritime industry, will be presented on Nov. 28 at the IMO in London. The organisers of the awards, the International Committee on Seafarers’ Welfare (ICSW), have announced the short list of finalists for the Awards.Port of the Year: Port of Corpus Christi, USA; Kandla Port, India and Port of Singapore, Singapore
Seafarer Centre of the Year: The Flying Angel Club Fremantle, Australia; Mission to Seafarers Sydney, Australia; Mission to Seafarers Vancouver & Roberts Bank, Canada; Seafarers’ House Port Everglades, USA; Seamen’s Club Welcome Bremerhaven, Germany
Drop-in Centre of the Year: The Seafarers’ Welcome Centre, Chennai; and The International Drop-in Centre for Seafarers, Singapore.
Shipping Company of the Year: Bernhard Schulte Ship Management (BSM), Cyprus; Columbus Ship Management, Germany; GasLog LNG Services Ltd, Greece; Holland America, USA; and Shell Shipping, UK.
Welfare Personality of the Year: Ms. Apinya Tajit, Thailand; Reverend Dennis Claughton, Australia; Father Giacomo Martino, Italy; Joseph Chacko, India; and Reverend Noah Park, Australia
The winners will be announced at the high profile awards ceremony hosted by the Secretary General of the International Maritime Organisation, Mr Koji Sekimizu, at the International Maritime Organisation in London on Nov. 28. The ceremony will be the culmination of two days of events organised by the International Committee on Seafarers’ Welfare (ICSW) which includes an EGM and a seminar exploring the welfare aspects of the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) in the morning of Nov. 28.
The members of the judging panel for the awards are: Mr Masamichi Morooka, President of the International Shipping Federation and International Chamber of Shipping; Mr. David Cockcroft, General Secretary of the International Transport Workers’ Federation, and Mr. Douglas Stevenson, Chairman of the International Christian Maritime Association.
The awards are generously funded by the ITF Seafarers’ Trust. The awards are also supported and endorsed by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF), International Shipping Federation (ISF), the Intentional Christian Maritime Association (ICMA) and Seafarerhelp. International Shipping Federation (ISF) is sponsoring the Welfare Personality of the Year Award and Intermanager is sponsoring Shipping Company of the Year Award.
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