Malta Maritime Awards Dinner – To be announced

 

The Malta Maritime Summit will be organized in October 2026. This week-long conference will bring together many international maritime executives and officials to discuss the challenges and opportunities facing this industry and the way forward toward a more sustainable and resilient maritime sector. Special focus will be given to sustainability, digitalization, and added value job creation.

For the third time, the Summit will feature an additional event – the Malta Maritime Awards.

The awards will be an event that celebrates the long successful history of the maritime industry but will also act as a platform to give more motivation to the young generation to come forward and embark on a maritime career. It will also provide more visibility into what the industry represents and its importance to the Maltese economy.

The Maritime Awards will be a platform to recognize the hard work and dedication of those individuals and companies that have contributed to the establishment of Malta as a center of maritime excellence.

The celebration will be held on the first day of the summit.

2024 Award Sponsors

2024 Malta Maritime Awardees

Presented by the Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Public Works, The Hon. Dr. Chris Bonett.

Contribution to Maritime Law
Judge Professor David Joseph Attard

Contribution to Maltese Merchant Shipping
Mrs Athina Martinos
Founder, Thenamaris

Contribution to the Protection of the Marine Environment & Sustainability
Dr Emanuele Grimaldi
Managing Director, Grimaldi Group

Contribution to the Yachting Industry
Mr Roland Darmanin Kissaun (Posthumously)

Seafarer of the Year
Mons. Joseph Borg, BA (Educ.)
Port & Freeport Chaplain

Next Generation Shipping Award
Mr Matthew Portelli
Managing Director, Virtu Holdings Limited

Newsmaker of the Year
Dr Ann Fenech
President, Comité Maritime International

2022 Malta Maritime Awardees

Presented by Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organizaton, H. E. Kitack Lim

Contribution to Maritime Law
Dr. Arvid Pardo (Posthumously)

Contribution to Maltese Merchant Shipping
Mr. Joseph Curmi

Contribution to the Protection of the Marine Environment
Dr. Stefan Micallef

Contribution to the Yachting Industry
Ing. Paul Cardona (Posthumously)

Presented by Minister for Transport, Hon. Mr Aaron Farrugia.

In Recognition of the Establishment of IMLI – Malta 1988
H.E. Kitack Lim