Almost 400 guests gathered at the inaugural Heavy Lift Awards ceremony last night at the Hilton Old Town hotel in Antwerp to celebrate the achievements of the heavy lift, specialised transport and project logistics sector.
The night kicked off with a drinks reception, followed by a three-course dinner, guest speech from football icon Ruud Gullit, and the eagerly awaited awards presentation.
A huge thank you to everybody that attended the event, as well as our category sponsors - AAL, Beluga Projects Logistic, Blue Water Shipping, CJ ICM Logistics, deugro group, Goldhofer, Red Box Energy Services, RTL, Sarens, Trans Global Projects and Wallenius Wilhelmsen Ocean - and associate sponsors, Port of Antwerp and AntwerpXL, and Jonmoore International.
Congratulations to all of our winners:
Innovation Award
Winner – Sarens: SGC 250 crane
Port/Terminal Operator of the Year
Sponsor – Wallenius Wilhelmsen Ocean
Winner – Duluth Cargo Connect
Forwarder Network of the Year
Sponsor – CJ ICM Logistics
Winner – Global Project Logistics Network (GPLN)
Environment Award
Sponsor – Blue Water Shipping
Winner – Grimaldi Group
Safety Award
Sponsor – deugro group
Winner – Sarens
Training Award
Sponsor – RTL
Winner – Industrial Training International (ITI)
Airfreight Solution of the Year
Sponsor – Sarens
Winner – Hansa Meyer Global Transport
Overland Transport Provider of the Year
Sponsor – Goldhofer
Winner – Barnhart Crane & Rigging
Shipping Line of the Year
Sponsor – Trans Global Projects
Winner – AAL
Excellence in Engineering
Sponsor – Red Box Energy Services
Winner – ALE
Project Logistics Provider of the Year
Sponsor – AAL
Winner – Blue Water Shipping
Lifetime Achievement Award
Sponsor – Beluga Projects Logistic
Winner – Steve Drugan, senior vice president of deugro group
Keep an eye on the HLPFI website over the next few days for more information and photos of the awards evening.
