S-Oil Hosts the '2024 Hero Coast Guard Awards Ceremony'

8 Selected Including Sergeant Han Seungman of Gunsan Maritime Police Station
CEO of S-Oil Appointed Honorary Maritime Police Officer

On the 10th, S-Oil announced that it held the '2024 Hero Maritime Police Awards Ceremony' in collaboration with the Korea National Council on Social Welfare and the Korea Coast Guard.

The awards ceremony took place the previous day at the Mapo Garden Hotel in Seoul, where plaques and a total prize money of 90 million KRW were awarded to eight Hero Maritime Police officers. Han Seung-man, a sergeant at Gunsan Maritime Police Station, who was selected as the 'Top Hero Maritime Police Officer,' received a plaque and prize money of 20 million KRW from S-Oil. Additionally, seven other 'Hero Maritime Police' officers, including Police Officer Kwon Oh-min of the Boryeong Maritime Police Rescue Unit, each received a plaque and prize money of 10 million KRW.

At the '2024 Hero Maritime Police Awards Ceremony' held on the 9th at Mapo Garden Hotel in Seoul, Anwar Al Hizaji, CEO of S-Oil (center), and the recipients of the 'Hero Maritime Police' award are posing for a commemorative photo. (Photo by S-Oil)

Sergeant Han Seung-man, chosen as the Top Hero Maritime Police Officer, responded to a distress call in September near Sipidongpado Island off Gunsan, where a 35-ton fishing vessel with eight crew members was in trouble. During the first underwater search, he rescued one crew member from the crew quarters, and in the second underwater search, he discovered and rescued three additional crew members trapped inside the capsized vessel.

On the same day, Anwar Al Hizazi, CEO of S-Oil, was appointed as an honorary maritime police officer in recognition of his contributions through the Coast Guard Hero Keeper campaign, which implements various support programs for the maritime police.

Since 2013, S-Oil has signed the Coast Guard Hero Keeper agreement with the Korea Coast Guard and the Korea National Council on Social Welfare to encourage and boost the morale of maritime police officers who dedicate themselves to protecting South Korea’s maritime territory and the lives and property of its citizens on the front lines, including rescuing distressed vessels, preventing marine pollution, and cracking down on illegal fishing vessels. Since then, S-Oil has continued its sponsorship activities such as providing scholarships for children of fallen maritime police officers, medical support for injured officers, rest camps for maritime police couples, and the Hero Maritime Police Awards.

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