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Full List Companies, Individuals Feted During The East Africa Maritime Awards

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Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) has held its second East Africa Maritime Awards (EAMA) 2020 to recognize industry’s outstanding practices for excellence.

The awards focused on sustainability, training, technology, initiative, personality and leadership from the Eastern Africa region.

The Awards were grouped into nine clusters based on maritime functionalities and service offerings with a total of 27 distinct categories.

Kenya-based Del Monte won the Exporter of the Year Award. Bollore Transports & Logistics won the Best Cargo Transporter and Best Regional Cargo Logistics Provider.

ESL Forwarders won the Best Clearing and Forwarding Agent in Kenya with Best Clearing and Forwarding Agent in Tanzania going to Tahafresh Handling Limited.   Kenya’s Siginon Group won the Best Warehousing Company. Best Shipping Line went to Gulf Badr Group (K) Limited; Best Shipping Agent (Liner Agency) was won by CMA CGM Kenya Limited with ELS Forwarders winning the Best Shipping Agent (Tramp Agency). Best Cargo Consolidator went to ECU Worldwide Kenya Limited.

Kenya Association of Manufacturers and Uganda Clearing Industry and Forwarding Association won the Best Private Sector Business Membership Organization in Kenya and Uganda, respectively.

Under individual categories Chief Editor for Freight Logistics magazine Githua Kihara won the Maritime Journalist of the Year Award. Martin Mwita and Hilary Makokha both of The Star newspaper were 1st and 2nd runners up respectively. Mary Ireri and Gilbert Langat won the Young Achiever Award as Lifetime Achievement Award, respectively.

“Despite the pandemic, seafarers in eastern Africa region, and in fact all over the world, continue to make personal sacrifices to labour behind the scene to ensure food, medicines and other essential supplies reach our shores,” said KPA Ag. Managing Director Amb. John Mwnagemi.

Acknowledging the participants, Edward Oswe, Chief Executive Office Marketing Society of Kenya (the coordinator EAMA 2020 event) said the team was encouraged by the growing interest in the EAMA award across the region, adding that EAMA continues to consolidate the maritime industry as it matures.

“We have seen an increase in growth of the number of entrants for the EAMA 2020 despite the pandemic. This year, we received 77 entries up from the 64 received in the previous edition – representing Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Democratic Republic of Congo. We hope that other Eastern African countries not represented in this year’s awards will be part of the next edition of EAMA,” Mr Oswe said.

The event was organized by Kenya Ports Authority in partnerships with the Kenya Maritime Authority (KMA), Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), Kenya Trade Network Agency (KenTrade), Shippers Council of Eastern Africa (SCEA) and East African Business Council (EABC).

Here is the full list of winners:-

  Category Winner 1st Runner-Up 2nd Runner-Up
1 Exporter of the Year, Importer of the Year Del Monte (Kenya)
2 Best Cargo Transporter Bollore Transport & Logistics Siginon Group
3 Best Regional Cargo logistics provider Bollore Transport & Logistics Siginon Group
4 Best Clearing and Forwarding Agent Bollore Transport & Logistics- Uganda ESL Uganda Ltd RI Distributor(Ug)
ESL Forwarders (Kenya) Siginon Group – Kenya Speedex Logistics- Kenya
Tahafresh Handling Limited (Tanzania)
5 Best Warehousing Company Siginon Group Bollore Transport & Logistics- Uganda
6 Best Shipping Line Gulf Badr Group (K) Ltd CMA CGM (K) Ltd
7 Best Shipping Agent (Liner Agency) CMA CGM (K) Ltd
8 Best Shipping Agent (Tramp Agency) ESL Forwarders (Kenya)
9 Best Cargo Consolidator ECE Worldwide Kenya Ltd
10 Private Sector Business Membership Organization(each participating country) Kenya Association of Manufacturers (Kenya)

 

Ogefrem (DR Congo) Kenya Association of Travel Agents
Uganda Clearing Industry & Forwarding Association
11 Auxiliary Service Awards Cotecna Protection Limited Simpet global logistics Services
12 Environmental Protection Gulf Badr Group (K) Ltd
13 Occupational Health & Safety Bollore Transport & Logistics
14 Innovation Siginon Group
15 Maritime Journalist Githua Kihara Martin Mwita Hilary Makokha
16 Young Achiever Mary Ireri
17 Lifetime Achievement Gilbert Langat

 

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