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ERMA FIRST
Welcome Drinks Sponsor
ERMA FIRST – From protecting the oceans to safeguarding the planet
Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Greece, ERMA FIRST is a leading manufacturer and provider of future-proof sustainable maritime solutions. The company’s robust systems and solutions ensure worldwide compliance, provide operational simplicity and reduce operational expenditure, while at the same time minimising the impact of ship operations on the environment.
ERMA FIRST’s customer-centric approach offers flexible and convenient servicing through a trusted network of certified engineers worldwide. ERMA FIRST provides sales, maintenance and training to clients via offices in 46 countries.
ERMA FIRST offers a complete range of solutions, including ballast water treatment (BWTS), Alternative Maritime Power (AMP), Energy Saving Devices (ESDs) and Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS).
ERMA FIRST won the Lloyd’s List Technical Achievement Award (2013), the GREEN4SEA Technology Award (2016) and the GREEN4SEA Sustainability Award (2023).
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IRI / The Marshall Islands Registry
Sponsoring: Next Generation Shipping Award
INTERNATIONAL REGISTRIES, INC. and its affiliates (IRI) provide administrative and technical support to the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) Maritime and Corporate Registries. The RMI Registry is one of the leading registries in the world with 5,551 vessels surpassing 198 million gross tons at the end October 2023. IRI has a network of 28 worldwide offices that have the ability to register a vessel, including those under construction, record a mortgage or financing charter, incorporate a company, issue seafarer documentation, and service clientele.
The quality of the RMI fleet can be measured by the RMI’s continued White List status on both the Paris and Tokyo Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs). The RMI also meets the flag criteria for a low risk ship under the Paris and Tokyo MoU’s New Inspection Regimes and has qualified for the United States Coast Guard’s Qualship 21 roster for 19 consecutive years, which is unprecedented.
The most important asset to the RMI Registry is its customers and IRI strives to provide them with full service from any office, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
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Neptune Maritime Leasing
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Established in 2021, Neptune Maritime Leasing Limited (“Neptune Leasing”) is a growth-oriented maritime leasing platform with the mission to providing shipowners with access to a flexible financing tool and become the funding platform of choice for growth minded companies. Our strategy is to buy high quality assets and build a portfolio of long-term contracts through sale and leaseback transactions in diverse maritime sectors. We are committed to delivering attractive, long term, predictable, and timely financial solutions to our clients, to advancing global trade and economic growth through supporting the maritime industry responsibly, and to making a positive contribution to the environment and to society as a whole.
Neptune is backed by two of the world’s most renowned investors in shipping: Costamare Inc. and the Latsco Family Office. Through their strong capital support our portfolio of sale and lease-back agreements has quadrupled over the past year and covers a variety of maritime sectors.
Neptune Leasing has an experienced and agile executive team of professionals, with yearslong experience in reputable financial institutions. Our Board of Directors’ experience covers a wide spectrum of marine, finance, legal, and technical skills. Together we ensure real-time responses to all critical matters affecting our business.
In 2022 we voluntarily committed to the United Nations’ Global Compact initiative and joined the Hellenic Marine Environment Protection Association (HELMEPA). Our purpose was to make our commitments public and to demonstrate our achievements to date to our stakeholders and to the wider maritime ecosystem.
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Marichem Marigases
Sponsoring: Dry Cargo Company of the Year
Marichem Marigases is a leading company in the international marine chemicals and gases industry, offering a variety of products at more than 2,100 ports, on a 24/7 basis.
For many decades, our group has promoted environmental consciousness throughout all stages of production, starting from the raw materials, the manufacturing and handling of our products, through to their final delivery on board the vessel.
Our aim is not only to achieve conformity, but rather to surpass the specified regulations by advancing to the next generation of innovative products and applications, with minimum impact on the environment. Our specialists in trade, research and development, production, risk management, supply and distribution are ready to render top tier services anytime, anywhere.
Whether it is meeting the constantly rising expectations in quality, efficiency and flexibility or satisfying the demands placed by environmental legislation and strict seaworthiness, Marichem Marigases is up to the challenge.
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Bureau Veritas
Sponsoring: Tanker Company of the Year
At Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore, we share a drive to shape a better maritime world for future generations.
Pioneering the safety and performance of new technologies since 1828, we are one of the world’s leading ship classification societies and offshore safety and verification bodies, with a global network to support clients worldwide.
We understand the challenges our clients face in designing, building and operating truly sustainable businesses. We’re by their side; supporting them with practical advice, tools and technology to run safe, sustainable and high performing businesses.
We’re known for being responsive and building great relationships with our clients; for being flexible without compromise. And because we’re part of Bureau Veritas, a world leader in testing, inspection and certification services, we have a truly global outlook, bringing a broader understanding of the global supply chain and blue economy.
Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore. Shaping a better maritime world.
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Franman
Sponsoring: Lloyd's List / Propeller Club Lifetime Achievement Award
Since 1991, Franman has provided a wide range of services to the shipping industry, focused on shipbuilding equipment, spare parts, ship repairs and service, ship supplies, security, underwater cleaning and consulting. From the beginning, the company followed the model of the Japanese Trading Houses with their one-stop-shop philosophy. The company focused on building partnerships in the Far East – initially Japan and South Korea, and later China.
Franman has always aspired to be a leader in Greek and international markets. This has fuelled its drive to expand its partnerships and hence its offerings to shipowners.
During these 3 decades the company has equipped 4,500 newbuildings. Today, the company connects 700 shipping companies with 155 suppliers of equipment and services.
In 2021 Franman was the proud recipient of the Lloyds List Piraeus International Centre Award.
In 2021 Franman was the proud recipient of the Lloyds List Piraeus International Centre Award.
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DNV
Sponsoring: Technical Achievement Award
DNV is an independent assurance and risk management provider, operating in more than 100 countries. Through its broad experience and deep expertise DNV advances safety and sustainable performance, sets industry standards, and inspires and invents solutions.
Whether assessing a new ship design, qualifying technology for a floating wind farm, analysing sensor data from a gas pipeline or certifying a food company’s supply chain, DNV enables its customers and their stakeholders to manage technological and regulatory complexity with confidence.
Driven by its purpose, to safeguard life, property, and the environment, DNV helps its customers seize opportunities and tackle the risks arising from global transformations. DNV is a trusted voice for many of the world’s most successful and forward-thinking companies.
DNV is the world’s leading classification society and a recognized advisor for the maritime industry. The company enhances safety, quality, energy efficiency and environmental performance of the global shipping industry – across all vessel types and offshore structures. DNV invests heavily in research and development to find solutions, together with the industry, that address strategic, operational or regulatory challenges.
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Capital Ship Management Corp.
Sponsoring: International Personality of the Year Award
Capital Ship Management Corp. is a distinguished tanker vessel operator, offering comprehensive services in every aspect of ship management.
Capital Ship Management Corp is part of the Capital group that controls a total of 108 ships with an overall tonnage of approximately 11 million tonnes (dwt), across the tanker, container, LNG, LPG/Ammonia, LCO2, and dry bulk segments. The fleet under management includes the vessels of Nasdaq-listed Capital Product Partners L.P. (‘CPLP’).
Capital is committed to providing high-quality, safe, and efficient sea transportation and pioneering solutions to the decarbonization of the shipping industry and to the global green economy.
Its strategy focuses on sustainability and innovation, with the aim of reducing its environmental footprint and transitioning to zero-carbon shipping.
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ClassNK
Sponsoring: Piraeus International Centre Award
Founded in 1899, ClassNK is a ship classification society dedicated to safer and cleaner seas.
ClassNK provides diverse technical services including surveys and classifications of ships and marine structures based on its own rules, statutory certifications on behalf of more than 100 flag states, management system certifications in line with ISO and other international standards. On top of these services, ClassNK has committed to provide the industry with its full support to pave the way for digitalization and decarbonization challenges.
ClassNK is a global organization providing the highest quality services and supporting its clients 24/7 through a network of competent and well-experienced professionals at 130 exclusive surveyor offices worldwide. With roughly 270 million gross tons or some 20% of the world’s merchant fleet on the register, ClassNK is one of the world’s largest classification societies in terms of gross tonnage.
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Tototheo Maritime
Sponsoring: Shipping Financier of the Year Award
Tototheo Maritime specializes in maritime technology, focusing on optimising vessel and fleet performance. We offer a comprehensive range of services that encompass innovative, efficient, and functional solutions in satellite communications, navigation systems, digitalization, and end-to-end cyber security services.
Drawing upon our extensive experience in the maritime industry, we have a deep understanding of our customers’ needs, allowing us to tailor our offerings to their specific needs. Our commitment to operating within a connected, dynamic, and sustainable maritime sector, is supported by reliable and efficient connectivity and cutting-edge technologies, all of which are anchored in the core values that define Tototheo.
With a strong emphasis on customer satisfaction and a passion for innovation, Tototheo Maritime remains steadfast in its pursuit of enhancing the maritime sector’s digital transformation and environmental commitments while preserving the utmost operational performance standards.
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Lloyd’s Register
Sponsoring: The Sustainability Award
Trusted maritime advisors, partnering with clients to drive performance across the ocean economy.
Lloyd’s Register (LR) is a global professional services group specialising in marine engineering and technology. Created more than 260 years ago as the world’s first marine classification society, to improve and set standards for the safety of ships.
Today we are a leading provider of classification and compliance services to the marine and offshore industries, helping our clients design, construct and operate their assets to accepted levels of safety and environmental compliance.
We also provide advice, support and solutions on fleet performance and optimisation, voyage optimisation, enhancing our clients’ digital capability. Our digital solutions are relied upon by more than 20,000 vessels.
In the race to zero emissions, our research, technical expertise and industry-firsts are supporting a safe, sustainable maritime energy transition.
Lloyd’s Register Group is wholly owned by the Lloyd’s Register Foundation, a politically and financially independent global charity that promotes safety and education.
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SWS
Sponsoring: Passenger Line of the Year
Founded in 1999, Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. (SWS) is a subsidiary of China CSSC Holding Ltd., a publicly-listed company controlled by China State Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd. (CSSC).
SWS is among the largest, most modern and professional shipbuilders in the world.
SWS’s main business covers design, construction of marine vessels and offshore products.
SWS builds bulk carriers, oil tankers, container vessels ,gas carriers and car carriers. The company has delivered 16% of the world fleet of capesize bulk carriers and 9% of all VLCCs.
SWS is also one of the builders of ultra large container vessels above 20,000 TEU.
The SWS production line also includes FPSO, deepwater semi-submersible drilling rigs, jack-ups, drillships, and PSV. China’s first domestically built large cruise ships have been named and delivered this November by SWS.
In recent years, SWS has ranked amongst the Top 5 of the global shipbuilding industry with regard to completion of new ships, new orders and order book.
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