.:: Posidon Challenge ::.

Eligibility.

An award applicant can be any company, division within a company or individual within a company that is involved in any sector of the maritime industry.These sectors include, but may not be limited to, agents, brokers, bunker suppliers, cargo owners, charterers, classification societies, coastal states, education, equipment suppliers, financiers, flag states, insurers, labor providers, P&I clubs, pilots, ports, port states, salvors, seafarers, ship breakers, shipbuilders, ship designers, ship managers, ship operators, ship owners, ship repair facilities, spill response, terminals, tug operators, training, and waterways authorities.Nominations are now invited and should be submitted no later than January 1, 2008

Nomination Criteria.

Applicants should be nominated based upon one or more of the following:

1. Sustained commitment to continuous improvement.

2. Voluntary efforts to raise or set higher standards for performance.

3. Significant outreach toward working together with other sectors in the 
maritime industry.

4. Setting goals of excellence and taking tangible steps toward achieving the 
goals.

5. Leadership in moving the maritime industry towards continuous improvement.

Selection Criteria.

Applications will be evaluated and the winner will be selected based upon the following selection criteria. Specific metrics to quantify or measure the degree or level of achievement are strongly encouraged.

1. The degree of commitment and level of improvement achieved;

2. The degree of standards set and the level of performance achieved;

3. The extent of the outreach sought and the level of success achieved;

4. The extent or degree of the goals set and the level of success achieved;

5. The extent of the leadership and the level of success achieved.

Applications.

Nomination applications should include the following:

1. The name, address and contact information of the nominee.

2. The name, address and contact information of the nominator.

3. A brief summary of the theme of the achievement(s).

4. A detailed description of what the nominee did to achieve one or more of the 
nomination criteria listed above.

5. The description of the quantitative or qualitative results achieved.

Address for submission of nominations.

Applications should be submitted to:

Poseidon Challenge Award Nomination

Poseidon Challenge Executive Office,

Ninth Floor,

St. Clare House,

30-33 Minories,

London EC3N 1DD,

United Kingdom .