Marine Propulsion Awards honour innovation

Companies and individuals were honoured last night (25 April) when the 2017 Marine Propulsion Awards were presented during a gala dinner in Amsterdam linked to the European Marine Engineering Conference.

Seven of the awards were for technical innovations made during 2016, based on a shortlist selected by an independent panel of industry experts and over 3,200 votes in an online final vote. The winners were:

After-sales Service Excellence Award: ABS, for its ABS Shaft Alignment Services

Electrical Power System of the Year Award: WE Tech Solutions for its variable speed permanent magnet shaft generator

Environmental Performance Award: HASYTEC, for it Dynamic Biofilm Protection

Marine Coating of the Year Award: Jotun, for its Hull Performance Solution and its work on the ISO 19030 hull performance standard

Marine Engine of the Year Award: Winterthur Gas & Diesel, for its X-DF engines

Planned Maintenance Software System of the Year Award: ABB Marine and Ports, for its Marine Remote Diagnostics and Integrated Operations Centers

Ship of the Year Award: Sovcomflot for the icebreaking tanker Shturman Albanov

Another award recognised a graduate research project by a post-graduate student, selected by John Carlton, professor of marine engineering at the School of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, City University London. It was presented to Matthys Dijkman of C-Job Naval Architects for his Master’s thesis, Solving the LNG Load Response Challenge, carried out at the Technical University of Delft.

In addition, Marine Propulsion’s editorial staff had nominated a Lifetime Achievement Award, which was presented to Karl Wojik, executive delegate of the AVL Management Board of AVL List. Edwin Lampert, head of content of Riviera Maritime Media, described Mr Wojik as “a man who is technically gifted and recognises the importance of sharing his experience across the industry and of encouraging a new generation to follow him and his peers.”