2010 Award Categories

Port Operator

While the ports sector felt the impact from the downturn in global trade, many ports have continued to strive excellence despite the demanding conditions. This award goes to the company or port authority that has maintained the highest standards of business development and customer satisfaction in this most demanding of years.

Category Sponsor: TT Club

Classification Society

This recognises the society that has set and performed under the highest standards in quality, responsibility and the protection of life, property and the environment.

Amver-Assisted Rescue at Sea Award

Supported by Lloyd’s List since 1999, this award has become one of the most prestigious international awards for the crew of a vessel participating in the Amver global ship reporting system that has shown extraordinary courage and seamanship.

Category Sponsor: Inmarsat

Safety at Sea Award

This award recognises a company’s efforts in ensuring the highest standards onboard ship.

Category Sponsor: General National Maritime Transport Company (GNMTC)

Corporate Social Responsibility

This award goes to the company that has shown the greatest concern and action for the well-being of its employees and the communities in which it operates ashore or at sea.

Category Sponsor: APM Terminals

Environmental Protection Award

This award honours the institution, company or individual that has done the most to fight towards reducing the pollution of our oceans from maritime sources. The contribution could include, but is not restricted to, ship design, company-wide environmental policy, or successful policy effort on the part of a public official with maritime responsibility.

Category Sponsor: Rightship

The Innovation Award

In an industry driven by technological innovation, this award goes to a firm or individual that has developed a new technology - either in hardware or software - that leads to a meaningful advance for the shipping industry.

Category Sponsor: DP World

The Training Award

This goes to a company for outstanding commitment in training its employees ashore or at sea to the benefit of the firm's performance, the employees' well-being, and the maritime industry as a whole.

Category Sponsor: The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office

Shipmaster of the Year Award

In association with The Nautical Institute, we pay tribute to a master who has shown leadership, courage and vision while in command of his or her vessel.

Ship of the Year Award

This recognises a vessel delivered in the past year that has set a benchmark in terms of design, innovation and efficiency.

Category Sponsor: Drydocks World

Company of the Year

The calendar year 2009 contained some dreadful news for shipping, and yet many companies became adept at facing the challenges of the dramatic falloff in trade, collapsing rates and managing its order book deliveries given the changing financial conditions. This award goes to the company best at adapting to the new conditions quickly by trimming costs, proving nimbler in negotiations with partners, and generally finding creative solutions to prepare the business for more robust market.

Newsmaker of the Year Award

The senior staff of Lloyd's List editorial team will select a person from shipping or one of its service industries that has influenced a major aspect of the news agenda in 2009. This individual could stand at the centre of a controversy, be an outstanding industry spokesperson, or remarkable due to a specific event - or all three.

Lifetime Achievement Award

This award recognises an individual that has, over the course of his or her career, contributed to the well-being of the industry in a profound way. In past contests, Lloyd's List exclusively named the winner. This year, we welcome submissions on behalf of the candidate.