The jury of the Maritime Innovation Award has officially nominated Datema Delfzijl BV for the Maritime Innovation Award 2009. The winner of the HME Maritime Innovation Award 2009 will be announced at the Maritime Awards Gala in Rotterdam on October 28th 2009.

Datema is nominated for this prestigious award with their newly introduced revolutionary ENCTrack service. ENCTrack is the first pay-as-you sail ENC distribution service in the world. Other nominees include IHC Merwede Parts & Services, Promac BV, VSTEP. Please check www.hme.nl for more details.

The gala will host hundreds of top level guests from the Dutch marine cluster, Dutch government and politics. The programm contains a well known speaker with as final highlight the presentation of the five awards.

The Maritime Gala Awards also highlight the following other maritime awards:
- KNVTS Ship of the Year Award
- VNSI Carpenter Award
- HISWA Excellence Award
- KVNR Shipping Award

The maritime industry wants to present their innovative achievements to the widest possible audience by combining the different award categories. If you also believe in the strength of the maritime industry, even with the winds temporarily changing direction, we are proud to invite you to take part of this amazing gala.

For more information on the gala evening we suggest you to contact one of the following organisers:
www.knvts.nl
www.scheepsbouw.nl
wwww.hiswa.nl
wwww.kvnr.nl