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Seatrade Maritime Salvage & Wreck
6 December- 7 December 2023
Leonardo Royal Hotel London CityLondon, UK

6 December- 7 December 2023
Leonardo Royal Hotel London City,
London, UK

The Salvage & Wreck Awards 2020

The Awards celebrate and recognise organisations and individuals who have made significant contributions towards improving the marine salvage industry.

Deadline for nominations: 22 November 2020

2020 Salvage Awards winners

The winners of the annual Salvage Awards will be announced during this year's conference. 

Rising Star Award

Presented to an individual under the age of 40 who has shown talent and dedication to the improvement of marine salvage, whether operational, legal or insurance based.

2019 winner:

Pieter van den Sanden, a salvage master with Ardent who has already been involved over 30 salvage cases and in particular this year as Salvage master/Project Manager on the MSC ZOE casualty which was a successful operation specifically where some 340 containers were lost in UNESCO protected area (Award accepted on his behalf by Jeroen Mooij).

Environmental Protection and Salvage Award

Presented to an organisation or individual which have made  the most contribution to protecting the marine environment during and after a marine casualty.  

2019 winner:

Ardent for their successful and technically challenging operation on the GRANDE AMERICA to patch the wreck to prevent oil leakage at a water depth of 4700 m (Award accepted by Oliver Timofei, VP Emergency Management)

Lifetime Achievement Award

Presented to an individual who, during their lifetime, demonstrated leadership and made significant contributions to improving the marine salvage industry.

2019 winner:

Capt Mark Hoddinott FNI, for his services to the maritime industry as Tug Captain, Salvage Master and Commercial Director for Titan Salvage and latterly an important role as ISU General Manager before retiring end 2018.

The Salvage & Wreck Awards 2019 winners