Looking into the future strategies of logistics and supply chain companies, this award is granted to a port service provider of a new technology, system or a new infrastructure development introduced in the last 12 months.

Celebrating the leading marine service provider, this award recognizes outstanding performance and excellence across the maritime and shipping industries.

This award recognizes exceptional performance by a maritime administration in the past year, highlighting achievements in flag state and port state control effectiveness, safety measures adherence, and enforcement of maritime conventions, codes, and practices.

New and innovative projects and products which have contributed positively to an individual organization and/or the industry generally, amid the challenges facing the maritime industry, mainly sustainability & zero emissions.

The main criteria of this award assessed by the judges will be the significant contributions that a ship agency has provided to the maritime industry in the MENA Region.

This award distinguishes a shipbroker active in the region’s marketplace, delivering superior value to its clients, through successfully originating, structuring and executing sale & purchase, newbuilding, chartering and financial leasing transactions.

This award will honor the ship repair facility which has excelled in meeting the needs of its clients and advancing the technical capability, cost eciency, environmental reputation and safety of the sector.

This award recognizes the ingenuity and craftsmanship of the most remarkable luxury yacht designs, and yachting operational services.

This award will be presented to a CEO who represents a leader empowering other, with major contribution/achievement to the shipping industry in any field, that lightens and eases the road towards the future.

Rewards shipowners/managers/crewing entities with strong, verifiable welfare programs (mental health support, fatigue management, grievance channels, retention initiatives) and measurable crew outcomes.

This award recognizes an educational institution, commercial organization or an individual that has made a major contribution to maritime education and training in the MENA region.

Commitment to safety, quality, social and environmental responsibility and the classification society’s diligent effort and involvement in the training and development of personnel are the basis of this award. Judges will also look through the commitment to customer service and efficiency; network outreach and spread of oces across the region.

The award recognizes women who have significantly contributed to the maritime industry, reflecting IMO’s efforts to promote gender diversity within the sector.

Honor’s a technology vendor whose product/service has delivered demonstrable value in real maritime operations, validated by deployments, client references, and measurable results.

This award recognises leading maritime communication service providers that deliver reliable, innovative, and high-quality connectivity and digital solutions to the shipping industry.

Celebrates a standout financing transaction or deal (newbuild, refinancing, leasing, capital markets, sustainability-linked facility) for its innovation, structure, market impact, and execution.

Recognizes organizations delivering measurable operational improvements through digitalization (e.g., fleet/port platforms, analytics, automation, paperless workflows), evidenced by performance KPIs and adoption rates.

This award recognizes the best shipping law firm in the MENA region, providing expertise to clients throughout the entire maritime industry.

This award is presented to an individual who has made major contributions in the maritime industry over the past year.

Highlights an early-stage company bringing a scalable solution to maritime/ports/logistics, with evidence of traction (pilots, revenue, partnerships, deployments) and clear industry impact.

This award is credited to an individual under 40 who has made an outstanding contribution to the maritime industry, during the past years.

This award looks into the biggest contribution that a port has made to the development of its infrastructure in the region, recognizing the most innovative strategies which guarantee maximum cargo moving at a dependable and efficient rate.

Rewards a specific innovation implemented at a port/terminal (smart gate, berth optimization, PCS enhancement, automation, energy management) with proven ROI or performance improvement.

The ship manager award will honor a ship management company that has shown high levels of effectiveness in managing commercial vessels, a remarkable performance, quality and safety, in growing its business over recent years.

This Award identifies a shipping company which has responded most effectively to the challenging market conditions during the past 12 months, through operating flexibility or adjustment of its offering to new normal trading conditions.

This award recognizes the initiatives implemented dealing with health, safety and environmental protection, changes or improvements to the management culture or working practices which promote better understanding of key social issues.

Innovative implementations that highlight higher standards, unique practices, products, or services with significant environmental sustainability benefits, green supply chain management, energy efficiency and emissions reduction.

In this award, judges will examine major initiatives that will accelerate shipping’s journey towards carbon neutrality. The winner of the green shipping award is a shipping company that led the way in environmentally responsible shipping.

Judges will look at the distinguished skills in representing clients and contributing to the development of maritime insurance within the region.

This award represents the company which has portrayed the best practices of safety and quality improvement initiatives. Judges will examine technical and procedural improvement initiatives that have led to reduction of risk to life at sea/land.

This award is presented to a Service Provider company with a diversified portfolio of solutions & services, and a great impact on the marine & offshore industry.

Recognizes excellence in terminal operations (container, bulk, Ro-Ro, offshore supply base) based on productivity, safety performance, service reliability, customer.