YoungShip Young Corporation Award 2014

For its efforts to promote young employee development, marine insurer GARD has been awarded the first annual YoungShip Young Corporation Award.

The shipping industry is acknowledged as one of Norway’s key strategic industries. If

shipping is to stay ahead in global competition, and solve tomorrow’s challenges, we are fully dependant on attracting the brightest brains and the hardest-working employees, in order to compete with other core industries for critical competence.

As an organisation for young professionals, YoungShip recognise that many companies already go the extra mile to promote young talents though trainee programs, international assignments and exciting career opportunities. To support these companies and young professionals in the maritime industry, YoungShip International has decided to launch an annual Young Corporation Award. The award will go to companies in the international maritime industry that excel in one or more of the following areas:

• Promoting young leaders, both within the company and externally
• Moving forward young talents
• Devoting time and resources to building the competence of young people in their organisation
• Investing in trainee programs and other competence enhancing programs
• Supporting initiatives within the maritime community that promote young talent

Gard is the winner of the YoungShip Young Corporation Award 2014. The award was presented during this year’s international YoungShip conference, ShipCon, held in Ålesund on the 26th of September. The ceremony was combined with the opening of the GCE BLUE Maritime annual conference.