Lloyd’s Loading List welcomed more than 500 freight forwarders, shippers and other industry professionals to the 22nd instalment of the Global Freight Awards last night in London.
The night’s big winners included Metro Shipping, which won two awards, and US technology-driven ‘start-up’ freight forwarder Flexport, which won the ‘Freight Forwarder of the Year’ award, a new category this year. Lord Tony Berkeley was also recognised for his outstanding service to the European rail freight industry.
The win by Flexport was in recognition of the growing emergence over the past year of new business models within freight and logistics in which traditional elements of the freight transport business are being combined with innovative technology applications and capabilities to offer increased choice, transparency and potential efficiencies to cargo owners – and attracting new, often young, talented people to the freight business.
The publisher of Lloyd’s Loading List, Nick Marsh, commented: “We’ve seen exceptional quality across the board this year with technology playing an increasingly important part in the success of the companies that won. The other standout development is the increased internationalism of the awards, with over half of all entries coming from non-European domiciled businesses: the Global Freight Awards are truly global.”
2018 Award Winners
Air Freight Award
Winner: Metro Shipping
Customer Care Award
Winner: Twill
Highly commended: Flexport
Digital Transformation Award
Winner: Metro Shipping
Employer of the Year
Winner: Uniserve Group
Highly commended: Espace Europe
Environment Award
Winner: Hamburg Süd
Highly commended: Maersk Line
Freight Forwarder of the Year
Winner: Flexport
Lifetime Contribution to Freight
Winner: Tony Berkeley
Product Innovation Award
Winner: Stowga
Project Forwarding Award
Winner: Ucargo
Highly commended: deugro
Service Innovation Award
Maersk Line
Specialist Freight Award
Winner: Greenshields Cowie
Supply Chain Partnership Award
Winner: Rhenus Logistics
2018 Readers’ Vote Award winners
Air Cargo Carrier of the Year
Winner: Emirates SkyCargo
Break Bulk Operator of the Year
Winner: Bahri Logistics
Consolidator of the Year
Winner: ECU Worldwide
Container Line of the Year
Winner: MSC
Port Operator of the Year
Winner: DP World
Rail Freight Operator of the Year
Winner: DB Cargo
Road Haulier of the Year
Winner: Maritime Transport
Ro-Ro Line of the Year
Winner: Grimaldi Lines
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