The Maritime Asia Awards 2000 were staged at Singapore's Shangri La Hotel in front of 470 of the industry's leading executives on September 28.

The winners, selected by a team of 19 judges, were chosen from more than 48 people and companies nominated as awards finalists by readers of Lloyd's List Maritime Asia, Lloyd's List, and Lloyd's Freight Transport Buyer Asia.

Winners named at the event included Hyundai Mipo Dockyard as the best ship repair yard; Hyundai Heavy Industries as the best shipbuilder; Maersk Sealand as the best mainline operator; Wan Hai Lines as the best intra-Asian operator; PSA Corp. as the best container terminal; the Port of Tanjung Pelepas as the best emerging container terminal; Den Norske Bank as the best ship finance bank; Det Norske Veritas as the best classification society; UK P&I Club as the best P&I Club and Singapore Polytechnic as the Best Seafarer Training Institute. Wallem Ship Management scooped two awards: for Best Ship Manager and Best Crewing Agent.

The four bunker industry-related awards were: Chemoil Corporation for Best Innovation in the Bunker Industry, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore for Best Bunkering Policy, Gearbulk for Best Bunker Buyer and KNV Petroleum Services won the award for Best Bunkering in Asia.

Soedarpo Sastrosatomo, chairman of Samudera Group, was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award for nurturing Samudera from a small Indonesian shipping line to one of the region's leading transportation and supply chain services groups.