Safety At Sea Awards - OCEANUSLive Shortlisted

Safety At Sea Awards - 2012 Winners Announced

Original article: Safety At Sea

The 6th annual Safety at Sea Awards took place on 14 June and was hailed a success by industry figures. The evening celebrated the role that safety managers and manufacturers play in saving and protecting life at sea across the international maritime market. 

A record breaking number of entries were received this year from around the globe and shortlists of three for each of the five categories were agreed.

Our guest of honour for the evening Capt Ian McNaught, Deputy Master of Trinity House presented certificates to all shortlisted entrants and trophies to the winners.

Nick Blackmore, managing editor of Safety at Sea magazine, said "It’s great to be able to reward these organisations for their efforts – these innovative products make a huge difference to the safety and welfare of seafarers." 


We would like to thank our Overall Event Sponsor for this year’s awards the Survitec Group

Safety at Sea Awards 2012 – the shortlist and winners

	Equipment - Sponsored by Ilama Fibrelight Developments – Emergency ladder Kelvin Hughes – MDICE - Mantadigital Ice Navigator Vesper Marine – Virtual AIS Beacon Winner: Vesper Marine – Virtual AIS Beacon
	Training - Sponsored by Uk P&I Club Longscar Marine Consultants - Enhanced Master/Pilot Relationships course SAAM SA - Basic training in survival aspects under capsizing incidents Safebridge - Safebridge e-learning software for mandatory type-specific ECDIS training Winner: Longscar Marine Consultants – Enhanced Master/Pilot Relationships course
	Management/Operations - Sponsored by Inmarsat Briar Maritime Services - SLEPT (System for Logging and Evaluating Personal Tiredness) DNV - Class rules for Wind Farm Service Vessels Technip Marine Operations Services - WorkSafe Integrated Safe System of Work Winner: Briar Maritime Services – SLEPT (System for Logging and Evaluating Personal Tiredness)
	Systems - Sponsored by Survival Craft Inspectorate Inmarsat - Voice Distress on FleetBroadband Interislander - Passport (Dangerous goods management system) OMC International - DUKC Series 5 Winner: Inmarsat – Voice Distress on FleetBroadband
	Security Campbell Shipping - Piracy – A Campbell Shipping Perspective Gentay - Anti-Piracy CCTV Surveillance System OCEANUSLive - OCEANUSLive Information Sharing Platform Winner:Campbell Shipping – Piracy – A Campbell Shipping Perspective
	Survitec Award for Engineering Excellence - Sponsored by The Survitec Group The Survitec Group is renowned the world over for engineering and manufacturing excellence and would like to recognise other companies which strive for the same level of distinction. This award is for the company which has shown the most innovative or advanced engineering practices over the last year in the development of products, equipment or processes which have greatly advanced safety at sea. Entries in other categories are eligible. 2nd runner up: Vesper Marine – Virtual AIS Beacon 1st runner up: OMC International – DUKC Series 5 Winner: Kelvin Hughes – MDICE – Mantadigital Ice Navigator
	AMVER Award In addition to the six main awards, SAS supports one of the various awards made each year by the USCG-managed rescue service AMVER. SAS staff will review a shortlist of rescues coordinated by AMVER and will nominate an example of exceptional seamanship to receive an SAS trophy and a green AMVER pennant – a unique accolade among the organisation’s awards. Winner: Bermuda Container Line

Judging Panel

We would like to thank the expert panel of judges, chaired by SAS’s Executive Editor Paul Gunton and Managing Editor Nick Blackmore:

Our judges:
Billy Bean, Principal Lecturer at the Warsash Maritime Academy’s School of Maritime Training
Peter Blackhurst, head of Inmarsat’s maritime safety services
Harry Klaverstijn, Chairman, technical committee, International Life-saving Appliance Manufacturers Association and Principal Engineer, Schat Harding
Karl Lumbers, loss prevention manager at the UK P&I Club
Peter Swift, former managing director of Intertanko
Kuba Szymanski, secretary general of Intermanager

OCEANUSLive at the Awards

Appearing amongst those entries, in the Security category, this year, was OCEANUSLive. A close run thing, but the prize went to Campbell Shipping for their video perspective showing a vessel's preparations for entering the high risk area off Somalia.

Glen Forbes Accepts the Certificate From Capt Ian McNaught (Pic: SaS)

OCEANUSLive was shortlisted and received a certificate from Captain Ian McNaught (right). Although not a winner on this occasion, OCEANUSLive, endeavours to highlight the crucial importance of information and collaboration in enhancing security and safety at sea.

Co-founder of OCEANUSLive, Glen Forbes, accepted the shortlist certificate on behalf of the OCEANUSLive team.

The awards demonstrate that safety is being seen for what it is: an essential factor in any shipping company's success, not an extra cost and burden on profitability, said the Guest of Honour, Captain Ian McNaught, Deputy master of Trinity House. In the centenary of the Titanic disaster, these achievements are especially pertinent.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank the judges for recognising our contribution, and for all the kind words from those at the ceremony, those championing our work via social network channels, and the OCEANUSLive users for all the support.

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