For the 11th consecutive year TSAVLIRIS SALVAGE sponsored the Lloyd's List Greek Shipping Awards which were presented at a successful dinner event on Friday 4 December 2015 at the Athenaeum InterContinental Hotel in Athens.

George A. Tsavliris presented the "Seafarer of the Year" Award to Mrs Tsitsimelis, wife of the winner, Capt. Dimitris Tsitsimelis who in January diverted the Magna Marine bulker "Pansolar" to rescue two Mexican fishermen who had been adrift for three weeks without water or provisions. Despite heavy seas, the men were brought on board and taken to the nearest port, Acapulco, where they fully recovered in hospital.

The "Seafarer of the Year" Award is one which Tsavliris Salvage Group is honoured and proud to sponsor. Lloyd's List once again held an impressive event with over 1,100 shipping personalities, executives and guests in attendance. Nigel Lowry, Greece's Lloyd's List correspondent and director of the Greek Shipping Awards together with Andriana Paraskevopoulou, journalist, were excellent co-hosts of the event and provided great entertainment.

The Awards are held annually to recognise and reward achievement and meritorious activity in the Greek shipping industry as well as to promote Greece's status as a maritime centre. Winners are chosen by an independent panel of judges representing a broad cross-section of the Greek shipping industry.

CONGRATULATIONS to all WINNERS!

Dry Cargo Company of the Year – Neptune Lines

Tanker Company of the Year – Olympic Shipping & Management

Passenger Line of the Year – Dodekanisos Seaways

Shipbroker of the Year – Cass Technava Maritime

Shipping Financier of the Year – Eurobank

Technical Achievement Award – Prisma Electronics

Award for Achievement in Safety or Environmental Protection – Hellenic Coast Guard & Frontex

Piraeus International Centre Award – Bureau Veritas Hellas

International Personality of the Year – Andreas Chrysostomou

Seafarer of the Year – Capt. Dimitrios Tsitsimelis

Award for Achievement in Education or Training – University of the Aegean

Ship of the Year – "Hellas Liberty"

Next Generation Shipping Award – Maria Angelicoussis

Lloyd's List Intelligence Big Data Award – Danaos Management Consultants & Danaos Shipping Co. Ltd.

Lloyd's List/Propeller Club Lifetime Achievement Award – Aristidis Alafouzos

Greek Shipping Newsmaker of the Year – Nikolas P. Tsakos

Greek Shipping Personality of the Year – George M. Logothetis