The latest handing was expanded to recognise the increasing depth and variety of projects and products meant to reduce accidents and damaging losses, with winners & highly recommended entrants in four categories.
"Over the past 10 years since its inception, the ICHCA-hosted TT Club Innovation in Safety Award has seen entries marked by a significantly increased diversity of innovative products, services, and processes aimed at improving safety in the cargo handling industry," the International Cargo Handling Coordination Association (ICHCA) and TT Club said in a press brief.
Voxel won the 'Turning data into insight' category for its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered worksite visibility platform, with Pandora Intelligence honoured for its Cargo Intelligence: data-driven risk assessment of shipments.
International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) and ITF Seafarers' Trust came first in the 'Learning and engagement' competition for its international app-based worker training programme. Port Skills and Safety got highly recommended for its Emergency Flash Cards.
'Making operations safer' saw RAM Spreaders winning for the company's automatic pipe handling spreader, with CEPA recognised for its ergonomic lashing tool.
Permanent bollard with sensors won Straatman Mooring Systems the 'Segregating people and machine' category, with SSA Marine's AI-driven RTG camera system acclaiming a distinguishment.
"As ever, the judging panel felt that all the original ideas were worthy of congratulations, and further exposure. Such diversity of entries is truly welcomed. Safety innovation is an exciting element that compliments wide ranging industry work to establish distinct safety culture throughout organisations. A well-run safety-conscious operation is both efficient and sustainable. Running organisations successfully and doing safety well require truly visible and effective commitment from management at all levels," highlighted Richard Steele, ICHCA's CEO.
Mike Yarwood, Managing Director, Loss Prevention at TT Club, added, "The excellence of these, and many of the other innovations put forward, deserve a greater degree of visibility. This is our prime aim in proliferating the Awards in order to encourage our innovators to seek scalability, and by giving their ideas oxygen to stimulate their adoption and adaption by others within the global cargo handling environment."
Their organisations will soon publish the complete Innovation in Safety Award Digest, detailing all entries.
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