Vote for Your Favourite Entry – Synergy Marine Group's Annual Photo & Video Contest 2026
Once again, the 2026 edition of Synergy Marine Group’s Photo & Video Contest has received an extraordinary response from our seagoing colleagues. The creativity, clarity and emotional resonance of this year’s submissions made shortlisting a rewarding challenge.
We now invite you to cast your vote and help honour the stories and moments that reflect the heart of life at sea.
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Seamanship in Practice
Fourth Engineer Arpit Gupta — GENCO DEFENDER
A well-composed lifeboat and davit scene in which the sweeping diagonal of the davit arm guides the eye toward a moment of teamwork, preparation and shipboard safety.
OS Ketan Shirsat & Deck Cadet Harsh Singh - ROKKO GALAXY
A crew-created safety mural on the vessel’s nitrogen tank, using bold colour, scale and strong visual emphasis to make enclosed-space awareness and safe working practices immediately visible.
Deck Cadet David Martinez — ECO TRADER
Natural light, scale and spray come together in this hold-washdown image, revealing the focus and effort behind the deck work that keeps a vessel commercially ready and operationally sound.
AB Merwin Jose — BW LOYALTY
Captured inside a tank during the vessel’s dry-dock period, this image uses light, scale and contrast to highlight the teamwork and mutual support required to carry out demanding shipboard tasks safely.
OS Shinde Rushabh - SG HORIZON
Perspective, natural light and the open sea combine to create a striking work-at-height image that highlights the skill, focus and safety awareness required during shipboard maintenance.
AB Allan Poe Villalobos Ortega — AMIS XCEL
A clean, well-framed image of routine deck maintenance, reflecting the discipline and attention to detail required to maintain a vessel’s operational readiness.
Master Srinath K. — GINGA FORTITUDE
Framed around life-saving equipment, this image captures the preparation, teamwork and readiness that support emergency response at sea.
Second Officer Vikas Raj Singh — CL MAOMING
A carefully observed moment of enclosed-space entry preparation, highlighting hazard awareness, permit discipline and safe working practices.
Captain Jose B. Galan - MV RAGNAR
Sharing Knowledge, Saves Lives. Captured beside the vessel’s enclosed lifeboat, this image highlights the Master’s role in mentoring crew members and passing on the knowledge that supports safe and effective operations at sea.
Chief Engineer Rubye Oleksiy — PERTAMINA GAS AMARYLLIS
A well-timed fire-fighting training image in which the water stream visually merges with the vessel’s wake, using perspective, colour contrast and open sea space to capture emergency preparedness in action.
Deck Cadet Nikhil Bangwal — PACIFIC OPAL
Crew members inspect the vessel’s LNG fuel tank area, with the image using scale, depth and perspective to show the complexity of maintaining modern dual-fuel tanker systems.
Chief Engineer Gim Yeongseon — INCHEON VOYAGER
Framed by manuals and regulatory material, this image reflects the engineering discipline and technical knowledge that underpin safe, efficient and environmentally responsible vessel operations.
Life on Watch
AB Allan Poe Villalobos Ortega — AMIS XCEL
A night watch framed by the glow of bridge instruments, capturing the concentration and vigilance behind safe navigation after dark.
Second Officer Princeley D’Mello - PACIFIC OPAL
A composed pilotage scene where helm, bridge team and horizon come together in a moment of controlled navigation.
Chief Officer Karl Paolo B. Dote — NORD MIYABI
A watchkeeper’s view through binoculars, set against shifting light at sea and the constant discipline of lookout duty.
Deck Cadet Sivaramapandiyan Saravanan — SAKURA SHUCHI
At sunrise, a sextant lesson becomes a frame of learning, tradition and watchkeeping skill passed from officer to cadet.
Second Officer Princeley D’Mello - PACIFIC OPAL
A dramatic watchkeeper’s perspective, using scale and structure to capture the vessel’s passage beneath the bridge above.
Deck Cadet Muskan Gour — MH KONPIRA
Inside the engine control room, light from the consoles frames a moment of focus, coordination and duty below deck.
OS Shubham Sharma — PACIFIC EMERALD
A bridge watch shaped by darkness and instrument light, capturing the attention required when the sea ahead is barely visible.
Third Officer Jatin Verma — CASTARA
A layered bridge-watch composition, where logbook, equipment and sea view come together around the responsibility of the watchkeeper.
A Day on Board
A simple portrayal of a working day at sea, following tasks, interactions and routines.
What Keeps the Ship Moving
How different roles and actions come together to keep a vessel operating safely and efficiently.
