Thursday, March 18, 2010

Entries Being Accepted for Puget Sound Maritime Achievement Award

Seattle’s Puget Sound Maritime Achievement Award Selection Committee is accepting nominations for this year’s award, to be announced at the Seattle Propeller Club’s May Maritime Festival luncheon to be held on May 11th aboard the Carnival Spirit at Terminal 91 at Smith’s Cove, Seattle.

Nominations must be received by March 29, 2010 and may be e-mailed to tinstitute@qwestoffice.net. Nominations should include specific achievements of the candidate, particularly those impacting the Puget Sound maritime community, and a brief biography of the nominee. Industry segments represented by past recipients include steamship lines and agents, tug and barge operators, passenger vessel operators, port authorities, stevedores, labor and government. Several paragraphs about the nominee are sufficient.

Feel free to contact Rich Berkowitz at (206) 443- 1738 with any questions about the award nomination.