Bahri Receives ‘Seatrade 2013 Global Performer Award’

The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri) was presented with “Seatrade 2013 Global Perform Award” during the prestigious 25th Seatrade Awards Ceremony Dinner held on 10th May 2013 at London’s historic Guildhall.

The award was received by Engr. Saleh Al-Jasser, Bahri CEO in the presence of the Guest of Honour, Koji Sekimizu, IMO Secretary-General, , Chairman of the panel of judges of the Seatrade Awards and Guest Speaker, Stephen Sackur and prominent dignitaries from the global maritime industry.

This award is in salutation of Bahri’s exceptional performance and its outstanding contribution to the global maritime transport, culminating in the recent landmark agreement with Saudi Aramco to merge the fleet and operations of it shipping arm, Vela International Marine Ltd with Bahri.

Engr. Saleh Al-Jasser commented “This is a proud moment for Bahri, it validates the company’s solid reputation in the industry, its ability to meet the ever growing needs of international trade and logistics and advances its position as a transportation champion.” He added, this is also a tremendous boost to our vision, “Connecting Economies, Sharing Prosperity and Driving Excellence in Global Logistics Services”.

Seatrade Communications Ltd. is a global leader in maritime and cruise publications, international conferences and exhibitions, training, awards and other special projects in all maritime sectors. It presents a number of special awards to individuals or companies who have demonstrated the highest standards of success over the past year and garners support from all the leading Industry associations who join together to recognize the excellent achievements of selected companies and individuals in order to ensure the industries continued focus on operational excellence, safety and responsibility in an ever changing world which demands high standards of the Global Maritime industry.

It is to be noted that, Bahri was awarded the Best Managed Company in the Middle East under Transportation and Shipping sector by Euromoney in 2012. Earlier in 2010, BMG Financial Group recognized Bahri with the First Place Award for Transparency, making it one of the most successful, publicly traded international companies to have emerged from the Kingdom.

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Bahri, May 14, 2013