Do you think you’re a rising star? Do you think you’re so clever it hurts? Do you think you know more about shipping than all the peons surrounding you?
Well, prove it!
Which you can do by entering this year’s FONASBA Young Ship Agent and Broker Award 2025!
Prizes!
Top prize is the opportunity to present your work before your industry seniors at the Annual Meeting of FONASBA in ISTANBUL, TÜRKIYE!
You will also receive a Certificate of Achievement, along complimentary access to a BIMCO eLearning Module of your choice, and complimentary entry into either the FONASBA ACB Liner Shipping Course of the FONASBA Tramp Shipping Course.
If that’s not enough, the winner will be showered with cold, hard, cash – EUR 1,000 generously provided by FONASBA and EURO 500 generously provided by ITIC.
And, if that’s not enough, the winner gets the legitimate bragging rights. Value: incalculable!
The second prize winner will receive complimentary entry the US Shipbroking & Charter Vessel Operations course, generously provided by the ASBA, the US members of FONASBA!
A new third prize has been announced this year! Five textbooks with a commercial value of GBP550 (currently about AUD$1,092) have been generously donated by the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers.
The main aim of the Award is to develop professionalism among young people in ship agency and shipbroking and to encourage them to be actively engaged in the industry.
Eligibility and entry
Competitors must write a paper that presents a comprehensive analysis of the role of the ship agent or the shipbroker in a specific field of market sector. This could be, for instance in dry bulk, tanker, passenger, or some other sector, or it could be some other broader international maritime topic such as ship management, or the profession of the ship agent / broker.
The paper should be written in a way that can be understood by industry professionals and also by general (non-maritime) readers.
Competitors should must be UNDER the age of 41 at the time of their submission of the paper and must first provide a brief summary (of between 350 to 500 words) outlining the scope and contents of their proposed paper to a Review Committee prior to starting work.
Deadlines
- Step 1: Paper Abstract Submission – Deadline: 24th February 2025
- Committee Feedback – Deadline: 10th March 2025
- Final Paper Submission – Deadline: 26th May 2025
- Winners Announced – Date: 21st July 2025
