Seaman’s Church Institute awards Mitropoulos Silver Bell

Seaman’s Church Institute awards Mitropoulos Silver Bell The Seaman’s Church Institute in New York presented its 30th Annual Silver Bell Award on Thursday evening to Efthimios Mitropoulos, seventh Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization.
   The Silver Bell Award is presented to recognize an outstanding by an individual, company or organization to merchant mariners and the issues facing the maritime industry.
   The institute also presented its 2007 Lifetime Achievement Award to Morris L. Feder, a long-time employee of Overseas Shipholding Group, and its 2007 Lifesaving Awards to the Alaska Air National Guard, U.S. Coast Guard, and U.S. Air Force.