The editor of this magazine, Bob Ware (left), is the recipient of the 1980 American Merchant Marine Writer's Award, an honor presented annually by The Propeller Club of the United States for outstanding marine journalism. Framed Certificate of Appreciation was presented at recent Propeller Club luncheon in New York by James J. Dickman (right), 1st vice president of the Propeller Club Port of New York and president of New York Shipping Association. Certificate reads "For authorship of published news articles in a marine-related publication judged to represent an outstanding contribution to creation of a better and more accurate understanding of the vital importance of the American Merchant Marine."