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Winners – revealed!
[ January 23, 2015 // Chris ]Winners of the BIFA Freight Service Awards 2014 were revealed at the association’s annual luncheon in London yesterday (22 January).
The winners of the eight General and Modal categories of the Award were: Samskip; Panalpina World Transport; Schenker; Unsworth Global Logistics; Allport Cargo Services; DSV Air & Sea; Freightex; and Estuary Logistics.
In the Individual category, the winner of the Young Freight Forwarder Award was Jenifer Taylor of Santova Logistics.
Uniserve Group got a special mention for qualifying as a finalist in four award categories, while Brunel Shipping & Liner Services secured a finalist position in three categories. Seven BIFA Members qualified as finalists for the first time.
BBC Breakfast presenter Naga Munchetty presented the finalists with their certificates with BIFA president, Sir Peter Bottomley MP.
Robert Keen, BIFA’s Director General, said: “In a neat twist to celebrate the 26th staging of the Awards, it was fitting that 26 different BIFA Member companies were in contention for these Awards, plus our Young Freight Forwarder finalists. Last year, BIFA celebrated the Silver Jubilee of its Awards competition. I am pleased that this year the Awards exceeded that benchmark event in terms of excitement and quality of finalists.
“It was also pleasing that seven members qualified as finalists for the first time this year and I was delighted to present TT Club with a special award to recognise the insurance service provider’s continuous support for the awards for the past 25 years.
DP World London Gateway was Gold Sponsor of the host for the second year running and the ‘Ceremony Sponsors’ were American Airlines Cargo, Delamode, Descartes, MCP, Port of Antwerp, Simpex Express and Woodland Group.
The finalists and winners in the eight Awards categories were as follows:
General categories
Environment Award – sponsored by Red Recruit
Winner – Samskip – The judges praised the launch of the ‘Blue Road’ innovative logistics solution as an alternative to road transport using container barges to ship cargo from The Netherlands to the UK within two days.
Finalists – Atlantic Pacific Global Logistics; Freight Systems Express (Wales); Uniserve Group
Project Forwarding Award – sponsored by Peter Lole & Co
Winner – Panalpina World Transport – The company impressed the judges with its demonstration of excellence in the successful delivery of a unique project requiring a complex logistics solution, which included the testing and evaluation of specialist towing equipment.
Finalists – Arbour Shipping; Greenshields Cowie & Co; Sound Moves (UK)
Special Services Award – sponsored by Forward Computers
Winner – Schenker – A high quality presentation impressed the judges as it displayed the logistics industry at its best. The company’s ability to think quickly, and its excellent all-round service, contributed towards an outstanding performance at a very high profile public event.
Finalists – James Cargo Services; Uniserve Group; UTi Worldwide (UK)
Staff Development Award – sponsored by Albacore Systems
Winner – Unsworth Global Logistics – The judges were impressed with the company’s pre-induction training and e-learning programme, which included feedback meetings, weekly workshops, a training newsletter, as well as Continuing Professional Development.
Finalists – Customs Clearance; Schenker; Woodland Group
Supply Chain Management Award – sponsored by BoxTop Technologies
Winner – Allport Cargo Services – The judging panel chose this company as category winner for demonstrating a very innovative approach to its overseas pallet building and container load planning, resulting in its customer seeing significant cost savings and increased productivity.
Finalists – MIQ Logistics; RIF Worldwide; Uniserve Group
Modal categories
Air Freight Award – sponsored by IAG Cargo
Winner – DSV Air & Sea – The judges thought this company stood out from the shortlist by demonstrating remarkable growth in a very competitive sector. Utilising its chilled facilities, the judging panel felt it had developed a specialist service that was of huge benefit to its customers.
Finalists – Brunel Air Cargo; MOL Logistics (UK); Uniserve Group
European Logistics Award – sponsored by the TT Club
Winner – Freightex – The judges considered the winner used technology at the sharp end to change its distribution model so as to provide an optimum solution to the logistics challenges presented by its customer.
Finalists – Brunel European; Damco UK; UFS
The Ocean Freight Award – sponsored by Cargoguide International
Winner – Estuary Logistics – The company demonstrated a strong and reliable track record in the delivery of ocean freight services. Its submission described the development of a logistics optimisation programme for clients in the fashion sector, which, as well as keeping costs to a minimum, resulted in a notable improvement of service levels.
Finalists – Brunel Shipping; Moto Freight; Westbound Shipping Services
Individual category
The Young Freight Forwarder Award – sponsored by Virgin Atlantic Cargo
Winner – Jenifer Taylor of Santova Logistics – Joining a cargo handling agent as a 16-year old school-leaver, Jenifer quickly got to grips with international freight. Progressing through a General Sales Agent, Jenifer built a wide knowledge to become an all-round logistics professional. She now manages all shipments for an international high-street fashion brand which has recently expanded into South Africa.
Finalists – Jefferson Inniss of Hellmann Worldwide Logistics; Charlotte Wild of Tudor International Freight; Kathy Wood of Moto Freight.
Pictured:
BIFA Freight Services 2014 – winners: L to R: James Circus of Estuary Logistics (Ocean Freight); Amanda Brennan of Samskip (Environment); John Fludder of Panalpina World Transport (Project Forwarding); Dan Smith-Cox of Freightex (European Logistics); Jenifer Taylor of Santova Logistics (Young Freight Forwarder); Helgi Ingolfsson of Schenker (Special Services); Michael Hansen of DSV Air & Sea (Air Freight); Phil Sugden of Allport Cargo Services (Supply Chain Management); Charles Hogg of Unsworth Global Logistics (Staff Development).
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