ICHCA International, the global cargo handling NGO association, has launched the 3rd TT Club Innovation in Safety Award and invites submissions from all involved in cargo handling and logistics who has shown a demonstrable improvement in operational safety.

The award will be presented to the winning entrant by Heike Deggim, director of the maritime safety division at the International Maritime Organization at ICHCA’s international conference in Malta this November. The award aims to highlight the importance of safety at a time of increased operational demands on cargo handling infrastructure and operations worldwide. The award champions and celebrates the many companies and individuals around the world who are 100% dedicated to ‘making it safe’ every day. Equally, it acknowledges and fosters innovation to improve safety in cargo operations and logistics.

The award was won in 2017 by Hapag Lloyd for its cargo patrol system. This innovation is an industry-leading attempt to reduce fraudulent cargo declarations that obscure the true identity of dangerous goods transported around the globe. Entries for the 2017 award were numerous and varied, and the judges were pleased also to award a Highly Commended prize to Safety Ammo for its RFID-based safety solution, developed with DP World Brisbane, to minimize the dangers faced by workers who physically handle twistlocks on the underside of containers on the waterfront.

The full report from the 2017 Award, including details of all entries submitted, has been published and is available to download here.

Both ICHCA International and TT Club have a fundamental commitment to risk reduction throughout the supply chain and, in particular, to safety within cargo handling operations. Promoting such safety advice is paramount to the philosophy of the two organizations and the Award reflects this commitment.

“TT Club has always emphasized the critical nature of loss prevention in its role as a primary supplier of liability and property insurance to those operating in the freight supply chain industry,” said TT Club risk management director Peregrine Storrs-Fox. “As such, we remain dedicated to encouraging safety awareness and are delighted to maintain our support of this joint initiative with ICHCA. This award aims to tease out and profile equipment, systems or processes that result in improvements in safety – effectively helping to ensure that workers can return home night by night. We look forward to examining the wealth of safety innovation that will once more be encouraged by this award.”

The Award is open to anyone – an individual, team or company – involved in cargo handling or logistics. Entrants are required to show that a product, idea, solution, process, scheme or other innovation has resulted in a demonstrable improvement to safety.

The deadline for entries is August 31, 2019. Full details of the entry process and judging criteria can be found here.