THE SOCIETY OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS AND MARINE ENGINEERS is pleased to announce it’s membership magazine (mt) has been awarded three prestigious awards for editorial and design excellence. Two awards were issued by APEX 2015, the twenty-seventh annual awards program recognizing excellence in publishing by professional communicators. The January 2014 issue on the Mediterranean Region’s Maritime Activities was awarded an “Award of Excellence” in the category of Magazines, Journals & Tabloids - Print - +32 pages and the article “Under Repair” also in the January 2014 issue has received an award for excellence in Design & Illustration – Photography, for the designers of (mt) magazine, the Bates Creative Group. In addition, (mt) received an Excel Award, the largest and most prestigious award that exclusively recognizes excellence and leadership in nonprofit association media, publishing, marketing, and communications, for “Single Topic Issue: 10,000 or fewer, for the July 2014 issue entitled “The Design Approach”