On Thursday 25/9/2008, Alexandria Port celebrated the World Maritime Day. The launches and tugs of the Authority gathered in front of the maritime terminal berths and blew the whistles in the same time with the vessels anchored at the port berths. The ceremony was attended by the Governor, Gen. Adel Labib , the Head of Naval Forces, R.Adm. Hesham El Sersawy ? Head of Maritime Transport Sector , R. Adm. Tewfiq Abu Gondeya ? Chairman of Alexandria Port Authority, R. Am. Nabil Helmy ? Vice Chairman of the Authority and Dr. Mohamed Farghaly ? Director of the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport. During the ceremony, R. Adm. Hesham El Sersawy ? Head of Maritime Transport Sector was honored by his selection the Person of the Year for 2008. Alexandria- Dekheila Port was chosen the best port for 2008. The best vessel: Fast Challenger, Port Ghalib the best tourist port, Ras Hagareya the best mining port and Ras Ghareb the best petroleum port.