Last night, as part of World Maritime Week, prizes were given for the IV FINE Awards, recognising the work and efforts of the prizewinners from the various outstanding categories: ship, shipyard, ship-owner, engineering project, professional and fishing institutions: with special acknowledgements for other sectors represented at the Meetings such as marine energy and the ports.
During the dinner at the Ercilla Hotel in Bilbao, surrounded by their colleagues from the maritime sector, the prizewinners collected their statuettes:
- Best ship………………… Oizmendi, of the Ibaizabal Group
- Best shipyard…………….. Astilleros Murueta
- Best ship-owner……………. Naviera Elcano
- Best project engineer….. Ocean Master
- Best Institution…………… Spanish Oceanographic Institute
- Best professional…………. José Poblet, manager of Cotenaval
In addition to these prizes, special acknowledgement was given to the fishing sector, personified by Grupo Balfegó, while in the renewable energy sectors, recognition was given to work carried out on project Nautilus, of Nautilus Floating Solutions, and Enagás was also recognised in the port sector for its Core LNGas Hive project.
The honorary prize, in recognition of a lifelong professional career, went to Luis Arbulu, president and founding partner of Grupo Arbulu, one of the main naval electronics groups at world level. Meanwhile, the prize for effort, dedication and passion, according to the judges, went to Javier Garat, secretary of Cepesca and president of Europêche.
Lastly, the judges for the FINE awards wanted to make special mention of the centenary of Group G. Junquera Maritima, which will be celebrated this year. The Deputy Minister for Industry of the Basque Government, Javier Zarraonandia, presented the award to Teresa Fernández Marmiesse, president of the Group.
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