Supply chain safety innovation

The Digest is a compilation of the 30 projects entered into the 2021 Innovation in Safety Awards, with the aim of further encouraging the industry’s commitment to safety efforts throughout the supply chain as a whole.

“It is vital that the phenomenal work being carried out by the organisations that enter these Awards be made available to others who can benefit from the improved safety measures that are on display,” said Richard Steele, CEO, ICHCA.

“Consequently, we have produced this Innovation in Safety Awards Digest, which brings together details of a wide variety of products and procedures that achieve a demonstrable improvement in cargo handling and transport safety.” 

Safety reinvented

Initiated in 2016 and hosted by ICHCA International, the TT Club Innovation in Safety Award has been designed not just to recognise excellence in the field but above all to both encourage further resource to be invested in resolving safety issues and to allow ground-breaking research and development to be accessed by all those operating the global supply chain.

“Our dedication to improve safety standards in the global transport and logistics industry continually is part of the core mission of TT Club as a mutual insurer specialising in liability and asset covers for freight transport and cargo handling operators and cargo handlers,” said Peregrine Storrs-Fox, risk managment director, TT Club.

“Founding and continuing to support this Innovation in Safety Award programme is central to who TT is and it has been rewarding to see a record number of submissions in 2021. It is vital that all the innovations that were entered should be profiled in full through this Digest.”

There was a record number of submissions to the award programme in 2021. Submissions ranged in focus from bulk cargo handling to securing containers and their cargoes; from safety reporting and education to the correct handling of dangerous materials; from environmental monitoring to fire detection and suppression.

The overall winner was VIKING Life-Saving Equipment A/S for its HydroPen system designed to fight onboard container fires.