Sponsors of the IFW Awards 2011

In a highly competitive and often highly pressured industry, we believe it’s really worthwhile to take time to recognise ‘the best’. Earlier this year Allseas Global Logistics was honoured to be named winner of the Project Forwarding Award at the annual BIFA Freight Service Awards. Now we in our turn are delighted to support the prestigious IFW Awards 2011, by sponsoring a brand new category – NVOCC of the Year.

Allseas Global Logistics is a leading logistics and forwarding services provider, specialising in project, heavy lift and out-of-gauge movements on a worldwide basis.

Based in Newark, we have UK offices in Brighouse, Tilbury, Felixstowe and Swinderby, an office in Antwerp, a direct airfreight division, and state-of-the-art export packing facilities at our 60,000 sq ft Midlands Logistics Centre.

In the NVOCC of the Year category, the judges will be looking at operational performance, customer satisfaction and growth in volumes – three points of business excellence that are at the heart of Allseas’ own continuing success story.

In addition, the judges will be looking for evidence of investment in IT and other supply chain management tools and processes that have raised the value of the NVOCC’s services. Once again, values close to our heart … Allseas clearly understands the importance of such processes in saving our customers time, money and resources, and smoothing the transport chain from end to end.

Astran are proud to sponsor the award for Project and Heavy Lift Forwarder. Ever since their very first overland trip to the Middle East back in 1963, Astran has worked hand in hand with most of the world’s project forwarders, ensuring the complex and demanding developments in the region were successfully completed.

Express carriage of goods by road to the Middle East is the lifeblood of Astran. We pioneered the route and we still set the standard today. With our own offices in Qatar and representatives across the region, we offer a unique and personal service to ensure transit times are kept to a minimum, and on- site problems resolved efficiently. Quicker than sea, cheaper than air!

CargoWise is pleased to sponsor the IFW Innovation Award, recognizing companies that are driving new ideas and industry innovation.

CargoWise was founded in 1994 in Sydney, Australia with a mission to lead the international logistics industry in technology innovation. Today, our single platform value added solutions are renowned for their simplicity of use, leading-edge technology, and reduced total cost of ownership.

Our client portfolio includes companies ranging from single office SME’s to large multinational companies. More than 65,000 users across a customer community of 3,500 sites in 65+ countries move goods through the global supply chain daily using CargoWise solutions.

For more details, please contact marketing@cargowise.com or visit www.cargowise.com

Damco specialise in customised freight forwarding and supply chain solutions, helping customers all over the world source products more reliably, efficiently and with greater visibility. Being one of the world’s leading 3rd party logistics providers, Damco has 10,500 employees in over 280 offices across 90 countries and representation in 120 countries in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Middle East, and Latin America.

In 2009, the company had a net turnover of over US$2 billion, managed more than 2.3 million teu of ocean freight and supply chain management volumes and air freighted more than 60,000 tons.

For more details, please contact information@damco.com or visit www.damco.com

Elite Transport are once again delighted to be able to sponsor this year’s IFW award for Freight Forwarder of the Year. Specialising in the container transport sector, freight forwarding companies form a significant percentage of our client base. In sponsoring this particular award, we recognise how much of a contribution to our own success, the freight forwarding community has made. We feel that this is an excellent opportunity to show our appreciation, not just to our loyal customers, but to the industry as a whole.

Having recently celebrated our 21st year in the container haulage industry, Elite Transport operate from seven strategically located depots based at Felixstowe, Southampton, Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, London Thamesport and Bristol .

We have carried out container haulage operations from Britain’s major ports since 1989. Today, we continue to expand our depot network and invest in new technologies, ultimately enhancing our service portfolio and value to our customers. We are also are delighted to announce that as part of the company’s ongoing strategic expansion programme, we are relocating our Manchester-based Head Office operation to a new purpose-built site by April 2011. Preparations of the site are nearing completion and our new office accommodation and truck facilities will be sited over the next few weeks. The new Head Office is still located within Trafford Park, only a mile from the current Manchester offices, on a dedicated 5.5 acre site.

Brian Walker, Commercial Director at Elite, stated:
"This investment clearly demonstrates our commitment and dedication to the business and gives us greater independence, enabling us the room to expand to meet the demands of our customers."

Always putting the customer first, Eurotunnel ensures it consistently delivers Speed, Ease and Reliability. As the leader on the cross-Channel short-straits market, Eurotunnel Freight shuttles have carried over 16 million trucks since commercial opening in 1994.
Eurotunnel’s terminals in Folkestone and Calais are conveniently located with direct access from the M20 in the UK onto the A16 in France and motorway to motorway transit time of around 90 minutes.

The IFW Award winner in 2010 as "Leader in Sustainable Development", Eurotunnel has been helping to protect the Environment since it was designed in the 1980s. Awarded the Carbon Trust Standard in 2009 for its commitment to managing and reducing its carbon footprint , Eurotunnel continues to launch new initiatives to reinforce its green credentials and provide evidence for its customers that they are using the most environmentally-friendly way to cross the Channel.

Freightliner is honoured to once again sponsor the Container Line of the Year award at this year’s IFW Awards. As the UK’s largest haulier of maritime containers, accounting for 20% of the total market and over 80% of the rail-borne market, Freightliner maintains a highly-valued relationship with many of the nominated companies in this category, and so sponsorship of this award gives us the chance to celebrate the integral role that they play in the freight and transport industries.

GKN Freight Services is a leading global freight management company, providing logistics and supply chain solutions to a wide array of customers particularly in the manufacturing sector.

The company operates from its own strategically located offices in the Americas (Brazil, Mexico & US), Europe (UK, France, Spain, Italy & Germany) and Asia Pacific (Singapore, with offices in India and China to open soon).

GKN Freight Services’ ability to satisfy its customers’ needs, by providing innovative and flexible solutions at competitive prices, has made it a strong competitor in the world of freight transportation and supply chain management services. The company specialises in the engineering sector and has core competences in the Automotive and Aerospace sectors

The company is committed to continuous improvement, being one of the first freight forwarders in the country to receive BSI quality accreditation and Investors in People recognition.

Hellmann Worldwide Logistics believes that the people within an organisation generate its success. The same logic applies to the logistics and freight forwarding industry; people are at the very core and this should certainly be recognised and acknowledged.

The IFW Awards consistently succeed in bringing this industry together by creating an electrifying and motivating atmosphere to drive growth and development, in addition to rewarding excellence.

We are proud to be associated with this event and look forward to the evening and, in particular, meeting and greeting our peers who are recognised for their innovation and continued efforts, especially throughout the last year.

Oceanic Resources is a specialist recruitment consultancy serving the Freight Forwarding, Shipping, Logistics & Supply Chain industries since 1991. Since then we have built a solid reputation for constantly delivering quality service to many of the industries major companies.

Our understanding of the industries as a whole, the businesses and candidates within these markets enables us to help create the perfect match between all parties. Over the years, we’ve established the most formidable network of clients throughout the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, from our Head quarters in the UK and in the Middle East (Dubai).

For the first time this year, Oceanic Resources are pleased to sponsor the Freight Personality of the Year Awards category. The judges will be looking for individuals who have made an outstanding contribution within the international freight transport industry, within their organisation over the previous12 months

Tuscor Lloyds is an NVOCC specialising in project shipments including complex multi-modal movements, cross trades and special handling. The firm is behind some of industry’s most difficult and cumbersome projects, thinking differently where others fail to understand the requirements. For many freight professionals Tuscor Lloyds has become their first choice for arranging out of gauge, break bulk, conventional and project shipments. The company is respected by its peers for its integrity and professional excellence. With a long history of innovation and intelligent project management, Tuscor Lloyds is known as the original and the best in its class.