Caption: Richard Steele, ICHCA, Morten Engelstoft presenting to Nissa Ibrahim of APM Terminals, Peregrine Storrs-Fox, TT Club.
AP Moller Maersk has emerged as winner of the safety innovations award for its APMT Vessel Inspection App as announced by ICHCA International and TT Club.
Announcing the winner in London last week, both ICHCA and TT were delighted that the now well-established industry accolade, with its strenuous process of entering and judging have once more celebrated safety innovation within the cargo handling and transport sector. “There is now a real focus by organisations across the world on constantly searching for better solutions to the challenges of improving safety.”
According to TT and ICHCA, all three finalists gave presentations of their ground-breaking initiatives, which through their variety of application reflected the broad categories represented by the twenty award entrants drawn from thirteen countries, and covering such diverse fields as digitalisation processes, learning and predictive data application as well as safer physical operations and equipment.
“We are delighted with this recognition for the safety app we have developed in-house in collaboration with Maersk,” said Jack Craig, Chief Operations Officer at APM Terminals. “The app provides a standardised digital platform for terminals to carry out vessel inspections, highlighting potential critical risk. It underpins our continuous focus on safety throughout our operations and is a great example of how we can smartly deploy technology to be even better at this.”
Joining APMT on the short-list and presenting its Hazcheck Detect innovation was Exis Technologies. Chief Information Officer Mike Durkin said, “Hazcheck Detect can be accepted by competing carriers, offering the same technical solution with similar rules and immediate outcomes for cargo screening. This is critically important to prevent mis-declared and undeclared cargo being accepted or cancelled and re-booked on alternate carriers. We are honoured to be shortlisted for this award among a host of impressive entries.”
Making up the finalist’s podium was Intermodal Telematics BV (IMT) and its innovative Tank Container Temperature Monitoring. “Safety remains a very hot topic across the tank container transport sector,” said Bernard Heylen, Sales Director at IMT. “With our multiple temperature alerting system we offer a digital answer to the increasing demand to transport dangerous goods safely and monitor them remotely. We continue to work in the interests of improved service quality, and in maintaining social responsibility by preventing dangerous incidents.”
Welcoming delegates to the awards ceremony, ICHCA’s CEO Richard Steele underlined the aims of the on-going innovation in safety campaign, of which the awards are a critical part. “We, of course acknowledge safety innovation – especially at a time of increased operational demand on global cargo handling. However, this is much more than a celebration. Our mission is also about, learning and thought leadership. Our priority is to share these ideas with a wide audience, improving how we all can commit to continuous improvement in health and safety. The award highlights direct evidence that our industry is actively innovating and changing.”
Steele went on to recognise the awards sponsor, “If you want evidence of industry commitment, look no further than the TT Club. Not just sponsors in name but actively rolling up their sleeves and proactively driving an innovation and continuous improvement agenda.”
TT Club has been a driving force behind these awards since their inception, and very much committed to improvement in safety as a whole. Peregrine Storrs-Fox is TT’s Risk Management Director, “We are delighted that the award has continued to attract substantial interest around the globe and across the industry, again demonstrating a passion to enhance safety and dynamic action to make this reality. We are pleased to report that this passion is shared by such a diverse group of operators and suppliers, with this year also featuring submissions designed for environmental protection and monitoring,” he commented.
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