Crew Connect announces judges for 2024 awards

THE judging panel for the 2024 Crew Connect Global Awards, global shipping's biggest event, has been announced by Informa Markets, the organizer of the Seatrade Maritime Crew Connect Global.

The panel includes representation from the Danish Maritime Authority, International Maritime Employers Council (IMEC), International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF), International Seafarers' Welfare and Assistance Network (Iswan), and Mission to Seafarers.

The judging panel acts independently to provide a transparent and robust evaluation process across the six industry categories, each focusing on specific elements of improving the lives and careers of seafarers.

Chris Morley, group director of maritime events at Informa Markets, with John Adams, the 2023 Lifetime Achievement Awardee. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

.This year's panel includes Ben Bailey, director of the Programme of The Mission to Seafarers; Fabrizio Barcellona, maritime coordinator of the ITF and executive board member, WorldMaritime University (WMU); Francesco Gargiulo, chief executive officer of IMEC; Simon Grainge, chief executive of Iswan; and Andreas Nordseth, director general of the Danish Maritime Authority (DMA).

The Seatrade Editorial Board will decide on two personality awards.

The winners will be revealed on the evening of Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024, as part of the Seatrade Maritime Crew Connect Global conference, which takes place from November 12 to 14 at the Shangri-La The Fort, Manila.

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Seatrade Maritime Crew Connect Global is the world's biggest manning conference that brings together leaders from prominent shipping brands for three days dedicated to the crewing sector.

«Each year, our independent judging panel works tirelessly to ensure each nomination submitted to the Crew Connect Global Awards is carefully evaluated, thus giving all teams an equal opportunity to be recognized, regardless of size or scale,» said Chris Morley, group director of maritime events at Informa Markets.

«We are incredibly grateful to this year's panel for the time they have committed to this process and look forward to celebrating the winners at this year's presentation gala dinner,» Morley added.