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Something to celebrate


The BIFA Freight Service Awards 2021 competition is now open for entries and the judges hope that Members will take the time to document their achievements of the past months.


It has been repeated many times but 2020-21


really was a year like no other. Of course, the whole world had the issue of the coronavirus pandemic to contend with but BIFA Members had the additional pressures of EU Exit, container and capacity shortages and the blockage of the Suez Canal by the grounding of the Ever Given.


At the same time, the advice to work-from- home and limit in-person trips to the shops led to a surge in demand for online shopping of all manner of products. Importers and forwarders had to work together to devise new plans to keep goods moving around the globe to ensure timely delivery to the end-consumer. As a result, the judges are looking forward to


receiving a bumper crop of entries this year detailing the innovative and problem-solving techniques that have been developed to maintain the integrity of cargo movements under varying national restrictions. Your entry could outline a new approach to your day-to-day activities; perhaps you have a specific case study that you are particularly proud of, or maybe you have branched out into an entirely new area of forwarding that you would not have anticipated a couple of years


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ago. Whatever your story, now is the time to select the appropriate category and ‘put pen to paper’.


The 11 categories and their sponsors for 2021 are: • AIR CARGO SERVICES sponsored by IAG Cargo


• COOL & SPECIAL CARGOES AWARD sponsored by American Airlines Cargo (TBC)


• EUROPEAN LOGISTICS sponsored by TT Club


• EXTRA MILE AWARD sponsored by Descartes (TBC)


• OCEAN SERVICES sponsored by Port Express


• PROJECT FORWARDING sponsored by Peter Lole Insurance Brokers


• SPECIALIST SERVICES sponsorship package available


• STAFF DEVELOPMENT sponsored by Albacore Systems


• SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT sponsored by BoxTop Technologies


• YOUNG FREIGHT FORWARDER sponsored by Virgin Atlantic Cargo (TBC)


• APPRENTICE OF THE YEAR sponsored by Seetec (TBC)


Free to enter The BIFA Freight Service Awards are free to enter and require nothing more onerous than a written submission of 1,000 words, which can be


completed in five easy steps: 1. Go to www.bifa.org/awards and choose your category/ies – you may enter a maximum of three categories in addition to entering individuals in the Young Freight Forwarder and Apprentice of the Year categories.


2. Download the BIFA Freight Service Awards Entry Form – you will need separate copies for each category entered (NB there are separate entry forms for the Young Freight Forwarder and Apprentice of the Year categories).


3. Complete your company details on page one of the entry form.


4.Write your entry submission in the boxes provided on the entry form keeping to the indicated word limits (Introduction: 300 words; Detail of project or service: 600 words; Conclusion: 100 words).


5. Save your completed entry form and email to eventsoffice@bifa.org by 11am Thursday 7 October.


Judging process and announcement of winners


All entries are reviewed and a list of finalists for each category will be announced in October. Submissions from the finalists are then presented to the judging panel comprising representatives of the award sponsors. Planning for the BIFA Freight Service Awards Luncheon Ceremony on Thursday 20 January 2022 is under way and it is BIFA’s hope that this will go ahead in the traditional format allowing finalists, sponsors, their guests and others to celebrate the best in the industry with the presentation of finalists and announcement of winners.


July 2021


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