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NYK Captain Receives Blue Ribbon Award in Croatia

December 26, 2008

A captain within the NYK fleet has received the Vjesnik Blue Ribbon Award, an honor given to Croatian seafarers who have demonstrated bravery over the previous year. Captain Mate Beretin was honored at the 42nd annual awards ceremony held on December 3 in Opatija, Croatia. The event is sponsored by Vjesnik, a newspaper published in Zagreb, and was attended by about 160 guests that included government officials and the press.

In February 2008, while in command of the NYK crude-oil tanker Towada, Captain Beretin led a rescue of 26 Chinese seafarers who were drifting on board a cargo ship after an accident off the Philippines.