First ever GREEN4SEA Award winners 2016

GREEN4SEA announced the winners of the inaugural GREEN4SEA Awards for 2016 at a prestigious awards ceremony during the 2016 GREEN4SEA Forum which successfully concluded on Wednesday 6th of April 2016 in Eugenides Foundation Athens attracting 950 delegates from 20 countries representing a total of 400 organizations.

 

The winners of the 2016 GREEN4SEA Awards are: Green Award Foundation for the Initiative Award, Capital Shipmanagement Corp for the Excellence Award and ERMA First ESK Engineering for the Technology Award.

Apostolos Belokas, Founder and Managing Editor of GREEN4SEA thanked the more than 1,500 voters to the set of the awards and expressed his satisfaction for the open nomination, the shortlisting and the open vote procedure that concluded the final award recipient for each award.

Green Award Foundation was nominated for the GREEN4SEA Initiative Award for its contribution to initiatives fostering environmental sustainability for the shipping industry. The company has provided incentives to attract quality and green ships by its Green Award Scheme which certifies ship managers and vessels that go beyond the international conventions and legislation in terms of ship lay-out and equipment, quality of operations and management. Other short-listed nominees for this category were: Blue World, International Windship Association, Poseidon Med and Society for Gas as a Marine Fuel.

Accepting the award on behalf of the organization Captain Dimitris Mattheou, Chairman, stated

“ We are grateful to all those voted in favor of Green Award as we try our best to connect the industry stakeholders striving beyond statutory requirements. Green Award is providing a platform for the industry-wide Corporate Social Responsibility for all Ship managers, ports, maritime service providers and charterers to work together for the benefit of safety, quality and environmental excellence. The collaboration between these stakeholders is what makes Green Award a special initiative.”

Mr Jan Fransen, Executive Director of Green Award added

“Green Award indeed has become what it is now due to efforts and cooperation of all its participants. We certify ships and ship managers with outstanding performance having aside the support of our incentive providers: ports and maritime service companies that make it all possible. Their rewards and incentives provide the motivation to strive for excellence. We would like to thank all those voting in our favor, their support is what helps us to address new challenges.”

Capital Ship Management Corporation (Capital) was nominated for the GREEN4SEA Excellence Award for demonstrating environmental excellence and performance above average. Capital distinguished for her strategy with a focus on environmental performance. The company has also launched a joint project with LR and DSME to examine LNG as a fuel and its use on an ultra-large containership design. Other nominees for this category were: Antipollution, Blue Water, Marstal Navigationsskole and Panos Zachariadis.

Accepting the award on behalf of Capital Ship Management Corporation, Niki Kalogiratou, Chief Communications Officer stated

“It is a great honor for us to receive this award and we would like to thank all those voted in our favor. This award reflects the ongoing efforts of our people onboard vessels, as well as the Company’s long term commitment to safety and environmental excellence standards.”

ERMA FIRST was nominated for the GREEN4SEA Technology Award for providing significant technological achievement in the industry. ERMA FIRST has offered a new generation ballast water treatment system, the ‘ERMA FIRST FIT’ which uses a 40 microns automatic backwashing screen filter with a significant small footprint and modular design. Other short-listed nominees for this category were: Arista & DeltaMarin, Clean Marine, Hullvane and Thordon Bearings

Accepting the award on behalf of the company Konstantinos Stampedakis, Managing Director of ERMA FIRST stated

“This award is the result of ERMA FIRST’s consistency. Focusing on the development and design of BWTS, we have developed a unique technology and not a collection of bits and pieces of equipment. Secondly, we have launched a product ready for shipboard installation and not just a concept. Lastly, it is a result of technology superiority. ERMA FIRST is a Greek company competing on an international environment. Thanks to the Greek ship-owners but also the engineers who act like consultants in the continuous optimization of our system.”

The inaugural presentation of the GREEN4SEA Awards took place at the closing of the 2016 GREEN4SEA forum within the scope of awarding industry’s green outstanding practices for Initiative, Excellence and Technology. More details on the procedure may be found at www.green4sea.com/awards