Highlights

National Maritime SME Awards 2023 Highlights

Goodchild Marine Limited

Winner of The National Maritime SME Business of the Year Award 2023

Wayne Ross

The Alan Woods Lifetime Achievement Award

The National Maritime SME Awards 2023 were held at the extraordinary RIBA London award-winning Woods Quay, London, WC2N 6AY on Wednesday 13th September 2023.

Minister of State at the Department for Business and Trade, Nusrat Ghani MP and Rear Admiral Rex Cox, CEO of the National Shipbuilding Office, joined 180 industry guests at the first ever fringe event of London International Shipping Week to recognise and celebrate the outstanding and innovative achievements of small and medium enterprises across Britain’s maritime sector.

The evening was a resounding success and united the absolute best of the nation’s maritime businesses. National Maritime is grateful to Knighthood, MIT Group and Uber Boat by Thames Clippers who were headline sponsors.

The winners, selected by an unrivalled group of seasoned professionals all with exciting and distinguished careers, were:

Coastal Communities Excellence Award sponsored by Newhaven Enterprise Zone

Best Family Business Award sponsored by Woods Silver Fleet

The Outstanding Maritime Apprentice of the Year Award sponsored by the National Maritime Training Centre and North Kent College

Best Community Engagement Initiative Award sponsored by Newhaven Enterprise Zone

The Clean Maritime Energy Award sponsored by Marine Zero

UK Social Media Award sponsored by Woods Quay

Maritime Training and Education Programme Award sponsored by Jobs in Maritime

Businessperson of the Year Award sponsored by SMS Group

Success in International Trade Award sponsored by Department for Business and Trade

Disrupter of the Year Award sponsored by University of Greenwich

Sustainability Team of the Year Award sponsored by the Port of London Authority

Young Businessperson of the Year (under 30) sponsored by Arksen

Digitalisation in the Workplace Award sponsored by the University of Greenwich

Maritime Safety Award sponsored by Maritime Coastguard Agency

Excellence in Marine Innovation Award sponsored by Arksen

Best Business Transformation of the Year Award sponsored by Volker Stevin

New Business Award sponsored by Knighthood

Health & Wellbeing at Work Award sponsored by The Seafarers Happiness Index

Next year the National Maritime SME Awards 2024 will once again be held at Woods Quay, London, WC2N 6AY. To weave your company’s story into the awards contact us. Congratulations to all our 2023 winners, and a big thank you to everyone who took the time to enter.