This year’s IMCA Awards are now open for entries, with new categories celebrating outstanding achievement in Innovation and Technology, and People Development, as well as a new Rising Star award to recognise the next generation of talented marine contractors.
The marine contracting industry’s premier awards – sponsored this year by global marine contractor McDermott International and diving contractor Unidive Subsea – return in 2025 to showcase innovative and impactful projects led by IMCA Members.
Last year’s three award categories, Health and Safety Project of the Year, Environmental Sustainability Project of the Year, and the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Project of the Year, which recognises progress in reducing greenhouse gas emissions – all return in 2025.
The winners will be announced at IMCA’s Global Summit Gala Dinner, which will take place on 26 November in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on the middle night of IMCA’s two-day flagship event. Global Summit tickets, which include entry to the Gala Dinner, are available at a reduced rate until 30 June – find out more here.
...a great opportunity to celebrate outstanding achievement, promote innovative projects and approaches, and champion best-practice from across our membership
Jim Cullen, Technical Director, IMCA said: “We’re excited to share the return of the IMCA Awards, which are a great opportunity to celebrate outstanding achievement, promote innovative projects and approaches, and champion best-practice from across our membership.
“AI and new technology are rapidly changing our industry and creating the need for new skills and training, so it is only right that our Members’ work in response to these opportunities is celebrated through new awards for technological innovation and people development. We also want to celebrate the next generation of talented early-career professionals that are coming through the ranks.
“I would like to offer my thanks to McDermott International and Unidive Subsea for becoming our first IMCA Award sponsors.”
The awards are open to IMCA Members only. A judging panel, made up of selected Committee members, IMCA Secretariat leads, Committee Chairs, and IMCA Global Summit sponsors, will review the entries in a formal and independent scoring process. Shortlisted companies will be announced in the Autumn. The deadline for entries is Monday 1 September 2025.
Find out more about the judging process and criteria, and enter IMCA Awards 2025, here.
For the first time, sponsorship opportunities are available to sponsor individual awards. To find out more about sponsorship and exhibition opportunities at the IMCA Awards and IMCA Global Summit, please contact events@imca-int.com.
The full list of IMCA Awards can be seen below:
- Health and Safety Project of the Year – Recognising excellence in health and safety performance.
- Greenhouse Gas Reduction Project of the Year – Promoting success in reducing operational and value chain emissions.
- Environmental Sustainability Project of the Year – Highlighting projects designed to support environmental sustainability in offshore or marine environments.
- People Development Project of the Year – Recognising people-focussed initiatives including skills and training, diversity initiatives, and projects to attract new talent to the sector.
- Innovation and Technology Project of the Year – Rewarding advancements in digital transformation, AI, and technological innovation.
- Rising Star Award – Celebrating the achievements of an early-career professional with fewer than five years’ experience in the marine contracting industry.
Discover last year’s winning entries, submitted by DeepOcean, Subsea7 and the National Oceanography Centre, and Solstad Offshore, here.
