The organizers of the Ghana Maritime & Shipping are calling for entries for the maiden edition of the awards which is scheduled for March at the La Beach Hotel in Accra.Nominations which will be done on-line and in the dailies will be forwarded to the organisers for validation to ensure that all nominees have provided accurate information.
The Awards Panel and the independent event statisticians will validate all entries and submissions made by nominees.
The annual event being organized by Ninetyeightz Events (organizers of the Aviation Aawards) is to create a much needed platform for all stakeholders in the maritime industry to network and share ideas as to how they can improve as individual entities and also an industry.
The awards will, for the first time, will recognize institutions, companies and individuals who have excelled in both the shipping and wider maritime industries, awarding deserving organizations that are achieving world class service within the industry.
It is being organized in collaboration with some of the maritime industry’s principal regulators and facilitation institutions.
The awards process itself will also involve partner institutions which are renowned and respected for their execution of accurate and credible awards validation processes, who will be fully involved in the validation aspects of the awardees selection process.
A special Awards Panel will be assembled to certify all awards winners for all categories.
There will be about 30 categories which will recognize exemplary performance in areas such as Environmental Protection, Corporate Social Responsibility, Marine Crewing & Manning, Maritime Logistics, Marine Research, as well as Safety & Security.
