2013 Global Freight Awards are launched

24 April 2013

2013 Global Freight Awards are launched

The industry’s most prestigious and hotly contested awards ceremony will take place on 20 November at Planit Embankment Gardens, London.

This will be the 17th year of what is viewed as the premier networking event in the logistics calendar, consistently attracting more than 600 freight forwarders, service providers and their customers.

Sponsors for this year’s event include Cargowise, Allseas Global Logistics, Freightliner, Maersk Line and Executive Recruitment Specialists.

We are often asked how to win a Global Freight Award, formerly known as the IFW Awards. There is no trick – just two simple steps. The first is to be great at what you do. The second is to enter the Awards.

We can’t help you with the first requirement, but the second is very easy, and you have until 14 June to either nominate your company for a judged category, or to nominate and vote for your favourite carrier.

Visit www.globalfreightawards.com where you will find a full run down of the criteria for the 17 different awards, most of which are judged by our distinguished panel of independent judges drawn from across the industry and chaired by Lord Berkeley.

The carrier awards, on the other hand, are nominated and voted for by you.

We’ve made the entry process as simple as possible so that all we require (for judged nominations) is a simple online submission containing an 800-word(ish) description of your company and why it deserves an award.

Remember, you don’t need an eye-watering turnover to bag a Global Freight Award, but you have to be in it to win it.

Any questions? Please contact Natalia Kay, natalia.kay@informa.com

The judged categories:

Young Freight Forwarder of the Year
Employer of the Year Award
Customer Care Award
Environmental Award
Innovation Award – new process
Innovation Award – new product
Large Freight Forwarder of the Year Award
Small/Medium Freight Forwarder of the Year Award
NVOCC of the Year Award
Project/Heavylift Forwarder of the Year Award
Road Freight Award
Supply Chain Partnership Award
Freight Personality of the Year

You can also vote now for the following reader’s choice categories:

Air Cargo Carrier of the Year
Container Line of the Year
Express Operator of the Year
Rail Freight Operator of the Year

Last year’s record-breaking attendance was only topped by the quantity and quality of entries for the hotly contested award categories.

Author: Mark Binge, Group Commercial Manager

Also published on: Lloyd’s Loading List