Maritime
Winners Announced For International
Seafarers’ Welfare Awards
T
he winners of ISWAN’s International Seafarers’
Welfare Awards 2016 were announced on 24th
June at a high-profile ceremony held in Manila,
the Philippines. The ceremony forms part of
ISWAN’s celebrations in the Philippines for
the IMO Day of the Seafarer. The awards were
presented by IMO Secretary General Mr Kitack
Lim to seven recipients who have provided exceptional
services for the welfare and wellbeing of seafarers.
The winners are:
• Judges’ Special Award: Duckdalben International Seamen’s
Club
• Shipping Company of the Year: Anglo-Eastern Ship
Management and MF Shipping Group
• Port of the Year: Bremerhaven
• Seafarers’ Centre of the Year: Stella Maris, Barcelona
• Dr Dierk Lindemann Welfare Personality of the Year Award
Chairman of ICS. Helen Sampson – Director of Seafarers’
International Research Centre, Cardiff University. Jacqueline
Smith – Maritime Co-ordinator, ITF.
Port of the Year: Karin Orsel – CEO of MF Shipping, President
of WISTA, Vice-Chair of ICS. Kuba Szymanski – Secretary
General of InterManager. Andy Winbow – former Assistant
Secretary-General and Director of Maritime Safety Division at
the IMO.
Seafarers’ Centre of the Year: Bruno Ciceri – Chairman of
ICMA. Kimberly Karlshoej – Head of the ITF Seafarers’ Trust.
Robert Kledal – CEO, Wrist Ship Supply.
Dr. Dierk Lindemann Welfare Personality of the Year:
Masamichi Morooka – Chairman of ICS. Rose George – awardwinning maritime author. Per Gullestrup – Chairman of ISWAN.
Roger Harris, ISWAN Executive Director, said of the evening:
“It has been an honour to hold the awards here in the
Philippines, home to a large number of the world’s seafarers.
(organisation): Associated Marine Officers’ and Seamen’s Union
of the Philippines (AMOSUP)
• Dr Dierk Lindemann Welfare Personality of the Year Award
(individual): Reverend Stephen Miller
The Welfare Personality of the Year Award is named after Dr
Dierk Lindemann who sadly passed away on 17 March 2014.
Dr Lindemann served as the Shipowner’s Group spokesperson
at the ILO and took a lead role in the adoption of the Maritime
Labour Convention
This year’s judges were:
Shipping Company of the Year: Masamichi Morooka –
All of tonight’s award winners and shortlisted candidates have
made a great contribution to improving the lives of seafarers,
and we are delighted to be able to celebrate with them.”
The awards are generously funded by the ITF Seafarers’
Trust. This year’s sponsors also include Inmarsat, Wrist Ship
Supply (Seafarers’ Centre of the Year), Crewtoo (media
sponsor