What awards banquet over the past six months has not?
The CMA’s decision to honour Noonan brought a different flavour. Noonan might not have been a high-profile name such as a Fredriksen, Georgiopoulos or Tsakos before him but he was the seafarer who rose to the corner office — and he did it in Connecticut.
The chief executive of Chembulk Tankers seemed not only genuinely honoured but more than once a bit choked up.
But