The Shipping Deputy Ministry hereby announces that the “Cyprus Maritime Award”, a tradition dating back to 1993, will be awarded, during the opening ceremony of the “Maritime Cyprus 2025” Conference which will take place on the morning of Monday 6 October 2025.

The Cyprus Maritime Award comprises the following categories:

1. The Cyprus Maritime Personality Award

or

1. The Cyprus Shipping Industry Award.

This distinction is awarded every two years either to an individual (“Cyprus Maritime Personality Award”) or to a legal person (“Cyprus Shipping Industry Award”), during the “Maritime Cyprus” Conference by the President of the Republic.

The Selection Committee for the Cyprus Maritime Award 2025, as appointed by the Shipping Deputy Minister to the President, comprises the following:

Chairperson:

Frixos Savvides 

Members:

Shipping Deputy Ministry

Anthony Madella

Ioannis Efstratiou

Kyriacos Aliouris

Christina Patsiou

Cyprus Shipping Chamber

Andreas Neophytou

Alexandros Josephides
Cyprus Union of Shipowners

Polys V. Hajioannou

George Mouskas

Nominations for the 2025 Award must be submitted to the Selection Committee, via the Permanent Secretary of the Shipping Deputy Ministry, using the prescribed forms, between 25 July 2025 and 25 August 2025 (latest at 15.00 hours).

The regulations are posted on the Shipping Deputy Ministry’s website: www.shipping.gov.cy.

The call for applications for the Cyprus Maritime Award will be made on 25 July 2025.