Once again United States Coast Guard Activities Far East hosted the Singapore Amver awards with support from Seatrade and the Singapore Shipping Association. The venue for this years awards ceremony was the Sea Asia conference and exposition.
Singapore earned 500 Amver awards representing 2,273 consecutive years of Amver participation and 10 lives saved in 2008. A remarkable achievement.
Congratulations Singapore Shipping Association and those vessels that earned Amver awards in 2008!
Pictured are United States Coast Guard Captain Gerald Swanson, Lieutenant Commander William Sieben, and Lieutenant Eric Stahl of Activities Far East with representatives of Singapore based shipping companies who earned 15 year Amver participation awards.
Photo credit: USCG photo submitted by LT Eric Stahl
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