Seatrade Maritime recognises excellence within maritime crewing - The Crew Connect Global 2024 winners are announced

Throughout the evening, 8 winners were announced – each taking home one of maritime’s most prestigious honours - a Seatrade Maritime Award. Six categories were judged by an independent panel, made up of leading industry figures, academics and thought-leaders who dedicated their time and expertise to evaluate each nomination. A further two personality awards were judged by the Seatrade Maritime Editorial Board.

Meet the 2024 winners:

Innovation and Adoption of Technology Award: Bound4blue 

Environmental Champion Award: Berge Bulk

Health and Wellbeing at Sea Award: 88 Aces Maritime Services Incorporated, a Scorpio Company

Seafarer of the Year: Captain Ruben Magallanes 

Industry Partner Award: PHILCAMSAT -Philippine Center for Advanced Maritime Simulation and Training, Inc.

Training and Safety at Sea Award: Blue Orange Wave 

Personality of the Year: Christian Than-Ivan E. Guzman

Lifetime Achievement Award: Kitack Lim, Former Secretary-General, IMO

Mr Lim accepted the Lifetime Achievement Award and then addressed the audience via video address “Throughout my career in the International Maritime community, especially during my eight years as Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization, I have felt great pride working together with the IMO Member States and the shipping industry to support sustainable development in the shipping industry. This journey has shown me how much we can achieve by working together.”

Chris Morley, Group Director – Seatrade Maritime added: “I would like to extend our congratulations to the 8 outstanding winners of this year’s Seatrade Maritime Crew Connect Global Awards. It’s always really rewarding to observe the assessment process of the judges when the entries are as strong as they were this year. Finalists and winners alike can take great pride in their achievements and the progress they are leading through the industry.”