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Two nominations to receive IMO 2024 Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea.

Narjiss Ghajour Send an email July 24, 2024
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IMO bravery awards

 

The 2024 IMO Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea is to go to two sets of nominees: the Captain and crew of the oil tanker Marlin Luanda, for containing a fire after the ship was struck by an anti-ship missile; and the Captain and crew of the tugboat Pemex Maya, for their rescue of six shipwrecked persons from four different vessels, during a hurricane.

A total of 41 nominations were received from 15 Member States and three non-governmental organizations in consultative status with IMO.

Recipients of the 2024 Exceptional Bravery at Sea Award

Marlin Luanda

  • Captain Avhilash Rawat and the crew of the oil tanker Marlin Luanda, nominated by the Marshall Islands, for their extraordinary courage, determination and endurance demonstrated while coordinating firefighting and damage control efforts to combat the fire that broke out after an anti-ship ballistic missile struck their vessel.
Pemex Maya

  • Captain Jorge Fernando Galaviz Fuentes and the crew of the tugboat Pemex Maya, nominated by Mexico, for their outstanding courage, seamanship skills and resolve displayed in the rescue of six shipwrecked persons from four different vessels, in extreme weather and heavy seas caused by a hurricane.

Read the full stories of the recipients of the exceptional bravery at sea awards here.

     

    The annual awards ceremony will be held at IMO Headquarters in London on 2 December 2024 during the 109th session of the Maritime Security Committee.

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