DP World rewarded for outstanding performance

Dubai-based port operating group DP World was the night's big winner. CEO Mohamed Sharaf
was named Personality of the Year for the continuing successful expansion of Jebel Ali and
the group's other port interests worldwide, while the Container Terminal Operating Award went
to DP World - UAE region.

Guest of Honour Jamal Majid Bin Thaniah, Vice Chairman of DP World, had earlier kicked off
proceedings by presenting an upbeat assessment of future container traffic growth in the region,
calling upon other ports in the region to upgrade their facilities and levels of service to cope with the extra volumes.

Lifetime Achievement Award went to veteran George Edward Chapman, who had begun container
operations at Port Rashid back in the 1960s when the terminal was under agency control. Captain
Jimmy Sarbh, former Asia Chairman of P&O Ports, won the Seatrade Outstanding Achievement
Award for having built up P&O's dominant position in the Indian ports industry before it was
taken over by DP World.

Dubai-based Gulf Energy Maritime (GEM) picked up the prestigious Safety & Quality Award, one of
the four 'Technical Awards' decided by a committee of independent experts. Others went to
Emarat Maritime, for Education and Training; Aveva Solutions, for Technical Innovation; and
Nhava Sheva International Container Terminal (NSICT) of Mumbai for Environment Protection

The big winner of the night was United Arab Shipping Co (UASC) scooping the Ship Owner/
Operator award and the Deal of the year for the biggest containership newbuilding order ever placed by a GCC owned company, valued at $1.5 billion. The Energy: Oil and Gas Award went to Ras Laffan Industrial City in Qatar, while Vela of Saudi Arabia won the fiercely contested Tanker Operator award. Similarly, Samsara group from India picked up the prestigious Ship Agent Award while Varun Shipping was the winner in the Marine & Offshore services award.

The night's lavish dinner and pre- and post-event receptions were accompanied by musical
interludes and colourful dance routines, while a good dose of humour was injected by celebrity
host Tim Sebastian of BBC Television fame ('Hard Talk', 'Doha Debates'). Presiding over the
evening was Chris Hayman, Chairman of maritime events organiser and publisher Seatrade, which
also runs Awards schemes in London and Asia.