The Federation of National Associations of Ship Brokers and Agents (Fonasba) has named Filipe Miguel Dias Martins of Navex Empresa Portuguesa de Navegacao as the winner of its Young Ship Agent or Broker Award for 2018.

The gong, first introduced in 2015, aims to encourage members of the ship-agency and ship-broking profession aged 40 or younger to further their academic and practical training and education by researching and writing a thesis-standard paper on a maritime-related subject of their choice.