Safety at Sea International magazine announced the winders of the 5th Annual Safety at Sea International Awards at a dinner honoring the
winners and nominees aboard HMS Belfast on the River Thames in London
on 23 June.
Winners
included an antipiracy
device that creates a propeller jamming zone around a vessel, an
initiative that helps U.K. fisherman to prevent a flooding vessel
from becoming a sinking vessel and an advanced crew transfer platform
that reduces the need for helicopter shuttling in the dangerous
offshore environment.
The
six
awards were presented by Sir Alan Massey, Chief Executive Officer of
the U.K.’s Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA). Massey told the
assembled guests that he was “a
man on a mission to get the public on board on sea safety” and that
“the Safety at Sea International Awards are in tune with the MCA’s
mission”.
The
awards were made by an independent judging panel of experts in the
categories of equipment, management/operations, security, systems and
training.
Jan
van der Tempel,
CEO of Ampelmann, winner of the equipment award said, “We've tried
to set the standard in safety and this award really fortifies that.
It really shows us we're moving in the right direction in innovation
and being recognised by our peers.”
“You
have to keep safety at the forefront,” explained
Martin Shields, European managing director of Applied Weather
Technology, the winner of the systems award. “It’s very easy to
brush safety aside, to try and make profit, but at sea the first
thing
you have to do is keep the crew and cargo in one piece!”
“The
diversity and ingenuity of the entries this
year was remarkable,” said Nick Blackmore, editor of Safety
at Sea International.
“All of these products and services can make a real difference to
the safety and security of life at sea.”
The
Automated Mutual Assistance Vessel Rescue System (AMVER)
award for seamanship was given to the crew of the containership
Adrian,
owned by Komrowski
Befrachtungskontor, for the September 2010 rescue of seven crew
members from the skinning general cargo ship Ocean Blue amid severe
weather conditions off the Domican Republic. Adrian was selected for
the award by the staff of Safety
at Sea International in
recognition of the seamanship displayed during the rescue.
Safety
at Sea International
has been the world’s only dedicated maritime safety magazine for
more than four decades. The Safety at Sea International Awards are
held
annually to celebrate the role that safety managers and manufacturers
play in saving and protecting life at sea across the international
maritime safety market. The magazine is published by IHS Fairplay.
Photo credit: IHS Fairplay
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Safety at Sea International magazine announced the winders of the 5th Annual Safety at Sea International Awards at a dinner honoring the
winners and nominees aboard HMS Belfast on the River Thames in London
on 23 June.
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