UK: Seawork Innovation Awards Winners

The prestigious Spirit of Innovation Trophy was awarded at the Seawork Innovation Awards last night to Index Marine (stand SB120) for its Odeo Flare.

The flare uses laser technology to achieve the same visibility as a red pyrotechnic hand flare without the dangers of heat, flames or explosives.

 Category winners were:

Vessel Design & Construction: Fender Innovations (SB125) – new concept fender

Marine Equipment, Electronics & Materials: Armada Marine Hydraulics (A209) – Europafilter

Diving & Underwater Technology: Cygnus Instruments (B15) – Cygnus DIVE thickness gauge

Safety & Training: Index Marine (SB120) – Odeo Flare

Renewable Energy: Harken (B67) – PowerSeat

 Lifetime Achievement Award winner

Arnaut Damen, COO of Damen Shipyards Group, accepted, on behalf of Kommer Damen, Seawork’s inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award from Caroline Dinenage, local MP for Gosport, Stubbington, Lee-on-the-Solent and Hill Head.

After working in the family boatbuilding business, Kommer Damen went on to set up his own enterprise, with just six workers, and introduced the modular shipbuilding concept for small boats and launches. This standardisation – the Damen Standard – gave shorter delivery times, reduced costs and produced proven designs.

Today, Damen Shipyards Group is a successful global enterprise with more than 6,000 employees and a presence in 35 countries and has built over 5,000 vessels. Damen now builds 40% of the world’s new tugs (stand A73).

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Offshore WIND staff, May 23, 2012; Image: seawork