Saturday to Genoa will hold 44ma the edition of the Saint George Prize



Next saturday to hours 10,30 in the center of the harbour Authority of Genoa will carry out 44ma the edition of the Saint George Prize organized from Long the National College Captains Course and Car. Been born in the 1967 as "Plate of gold Attilio Traversa", the ceremony represents an important and only occasion for the city, that it sees reunited in a festivity atmosphere the representatives of the marine world and the scholastic and professional formation.

This year the appointment particularly is attended as the general secretary of the IMO (International Maritime Organization), Efthinios and. Mitropoulos will take part, to which the College Captains has decided to deliver to the prestigious Saint George plate which distinguish personality particularly in the world of the shipping.

Mitropoulos is elected general secretary of the IMO - the specialistic agency of the United Nations in activity from 1958 - for two mandates: from 2004 to 2007 and therefore from 2008 to 2011. The admiral of Greek origins has lead politics of the IMO with the marine neighbors to the heart, as same it has asserted, trying to give to visibility and professional dignity to a category too much often forgotten. He has dedicated own life to the cause of the sea and the sailors; year 2010 is declared by the IMO Year of the Seafarers thanks to the proposal of Mitropoulos, which tangible sign of respect and gratitude to million and means workers and to their service in the seas of all the world.

The council of the IMO has moreover received the proposal of Mitropoulos to dedicate to the problem of piracy the World Maritime Day 2011, celebrated to London on 29 September and also to Rome with an event parallel on 13-14 October.

After the delivery of the acknowledgment to Mitropoulos, the ceremony of the Saint George Prize will as usual continue with the allocation of prizes and scholarships to the best graduates of city Istituto Nautico and the Italian Academy of the Marina Mercantile who has center to Genoa and a branch to Torre del Greco.

The manifestation comes organized every year thanks to the collaboration of the former Association Students and Teacher of Istituto Nautico San Giorgio of Genoa, to the sponsorship of Province of Genoa, Authority Harbour and Federation of the Sea, and not last the Shipping support of the Italian Confederation, of the Italian Registry of Shipping, besides not little operators of national the marine field.