Entries are now being accepted for the inaugural ShippingInsight Award, which will honor a ship operating company and its technology partners for the implementation of an innovative technology or initiative that reduced operating costs and improved operating efficiencies.
The award will presented during the ShippingInsight 2014 Fleet Optimization Conference, 30 September through 2 October, in Stamford, Connecticut. A panel of independent judges, including maritime journalists, academics and third-party experts, will select the winner, and the award will be presented at a gala awards luncheon, 1 October.
Collaborative Efforts
'Results are often derived from collaborative efforts of multiple parties working together to achieve the desired goals,' said ShippingInsight co-director Jim Rhodes. 'For that reason, the award will be presented to all the parties who played a major role in the project.'
Judges will evaluate entries based on the following criteria:
- What results were achieved? Results must be cited as quantifiable metrics.
- How did the solution use innovative technology to solve the problem?
- How did the solution advance the state-of-the-art in fleet and ship optimisation?
Any information submitted with award entries will be held in strictest confidence by the judges and will not be released without express written permission. Award submissions should be in the form of a case study, and projects must have been completed within calendar year 2013 or 2014. Entries may be submitted by either the shipping company or its technology partners, and must be received no later than 15 July. Entry forms may be downloaded at www.shippinginsight.com/awards.
ShippingInsight 2014
Entering its third year, ShippingInsight 2014 attracts maritime industry executives from around the world with a focus on practical solutions for the challenges facing ship operators. This year’s event is expanded with the addition of a dedicated Marine LNG Symposium on 30 September, to precede the Fleet Optimization Conference, 1-2 October. Online registration is now open.
