Safety Awards
Safety at Sea International magazine held its fourth annual award ceremony aboard HMS Belfast on the Thames, London, to recognize those companies that made the biggest contribution to improving maritime safety last year.
Awards were made at the 22 June event for advances in equipment, systems, training, management/operations, security and seamanship.
The award ceremony followed the first annual Safety at Sea International lecture entitled, Who cares about safety?, which was delivered by safety management expert Dr Phil Anderson, managing director of ConsultISM.
2010 Safety at Sea International awards winners and shortlists:
Safety at Sea International Award for Equipment (sponsored by 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 its 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.
Safety at Sea International Award for Management/Operations (sponsored by 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 re-launch of the Mariners Alerting and Reporting Scheme.
Award winners, presenters and editorial staff on the quarterdeck of HMS Belfast.
Left to right:
Paul Gunton, executive editor of Safety at Sea International; Lieutenant Commander Daniel Van Buskirk, International Port Security Liaison, US Coast Guard in Europe; Bent Nielsen, inventor and board member, Nadiro; Esben Juul Sørensen, managing director, Nadiro; Henrik Kristensen, senior director for corporate social responsibility, APM Terminals; Peter Blackhurst, head of maritime safety services, Inmarsat; Nick Blackmore, editor of Safety at Sea International; Bjørn Åge Hjøllo, product manager (weather services) at Jeppesen; Dr Phil Anderson, managing director of ConsultISM; Kjell Rein, vice president of the safety, environment and quality department, Kristian Gerhard Jebsen Skipsrederi; Captain Hans Hederström, director of professional marine training and research at CSMART
Safety at Sea International Award for 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.
Safety at Sea International Award for 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.
Shorlisted: Datema, for its ENC Track system; and Videotel, for its Web Fleet Training Administrator.
Safety at Sea International Award for Training (sponsored by the UK P&I Club)
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 captains 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.
Safety at Sea International / Amver Award for 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-Assistance Vessel 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. SASIs publisher, HIS Fairplay, sponsors a full Amver award scheme in the United States.
Source:shiptalk