Equipment:
In association with Chemring Marine

Winner: Nadiro, for its Drop-in-ball lifeboat hook

Citation: This innovative lifeboat hook was described as “brilliant” by one judge and “easy to click on without losing your fingers” by another. “You can see when it’s connected,” noted a third.

Shortlisted: Extronics, for its iCAM501 Digital Stills Camera; RFD Beaufort, for its Marin Ark escape system and Survival Systems, for its Triple 5 lifeboat hook.

Management/Operations
In association with Inmarsat

Winner: APM Terminals, for its Safety Culture Initiative

Citation: With 19,000 staff in 50 ports and 34 countries, APM Terminals faced a huge task in introducing best-practice safety procedures. The judges described the project as well coordinated with good feedback and measurable improvements in accident rates.

Shortlisted: CSMART, for its bridge manning structure; National Maritime Authority of Papua New Guinea, for its Navaids programme and The Nautical Institute, for its relaunch of the Mariners’ Alerting and Reporting Scheme.

Security

Winner: Jeppesen, for its Piracy Warning system

Citation: This system takes information on pirate attacks and overlays it, along with other data, on an electronic chart in order to identify risk areas. It heightens awareness of piracy threats, the judges agreed.

Shortlisted: Moim Consulting, for its anti-pirate spray system and Thales, for its Gatekeeper surveillance system.

Systems

Winner: Inmarsat, for its ‘505’ emergency calling service

Citation: The judges saw this as a valuable extension to the Global Maritime Distress Safety System (GMDSS), providing a free emergency communication service to non-GMDSS-equipped craft, of which there are a large number.

Shortlisted: Datema, for its ENC Track system; and Videotel, for its Web Fleet Training Administrator.

Training
In association with UK P&I

Winner:
CSMART for its bridge team management

Citation: This course was designed to match a new bridge manning structure introduced by Carnival UK and Princess Cruises. Among the features that impressed the judges was that it included a review of bridge procedures. “It takes ships officers to somewhere other than ‘captain’s assistants’,” said one judge.

Shortlisted: Great Offshore, for its Training and Skills Management; Svitzer, for its Salvage Experience Master Class and Videotel, for its Hazard Series Volume 1.

Seamanship

Winner: SKS Trinity, managed by Kristian Gerhard Jebsen Skipsrederi

Citation: The crew displayed good seamanship to rescue 10 people from a capsized wooden craft off Spain in 2009. Amver (the Automated Mutual Vessel Assistance Rescue System) is the voluntary global ship reporting system used worldwide by search and rescue authorities to arrange for assistance to persons in distress at sea.