On October 23, HLPFI welcomed over 350 guests at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in London for a night of celebration as the winners of the Heavy Lift Awards 2024 were announced.
The Heavy Lift Awards 2024 brought together the finest in the industry to celebrate outstanding achievements in the project cargo supply chain. The event recognised and rewarded excellence in complex logistics, transport, and engineering projects worldwide.
Hosted by comedian Zoe Lyons, this year’s ceremony also incuded a new category - the Editor’s Choice award - in which HLPFI editor David Kershaw selected a company from the awards shortlist that he believed merits specific praise and recognition for its performance in the heavy lift and project logistics arena.
Another year of high competition, after careful consideration from our judging panel, the below winners were revealed:
Safety & Training Award, sponsored by Hareket
Winner: CJ ICM Logistics
Environment Award, sponsored by Fracht Group
Winner: Louis Dreyfus Armateurs
Ship Operator of the Year, sponsored by Trans Global Projects Group (TGP)
Winner: AAL Shipping
Overland Transport Provider of Year, sponsored by Goldhofer
Winner: J M Baxi
Highly commended: Collett & Sons
Airfreight Solution of the Year, sponsored by Faymonville
Winner: Blue Bell Shipping
Port / Terminal Operator of the Year, sponsored by UTC Overseas
Winner: Port of Everett
Highly commended: Zuidnatie
Excellence in Engineering, sponsored by DHL Industrial Projects
Winner: Vanguard
Innovation Award, sponsored by HLI Rail & Rigging
Winner: Hareket
Highly commended: Liebherr Werk-Ehingen
Project Logistics Provider of the Year, sponsored by AAL Shipping
Winner: deugro
Project of the Year, sponsored by Blue Bell Shipping
Winner: Prism Logistics
Editor’s Choice Award, presented by HLPFI
Winner: Comark
Lifetime Achievement Award, sponsored by Sarens
Winner: Sandro Lepori, director, industrial projects, Fracht Group
HLPFI would like to thank all of our sponsors, members of the judging panel and everyone that attended the ceremony in London for helping us to create a great event for the industry. Keep an eye on the HLPFI website and next issue of the magazine for more information about our winning entries.
