Clock is ticking as freight sector’s premier event in London approaches, this year hosted by multi-award-winning comedian and actor Tom Allen – as well as the afternoon’s Ending Misdeclared Cargo Forum.
With just three days until the Global Freight Awards 2019 on Thursday, the clock is ticking to the freight sector’s premier event in London recognising and celebrating success and excellence in international logistics, this year hosted by multi-award-winning comedian, writer and actor Tom Allen.
The finalists have all been selected for the various categories of the Awards, organised by Lloyd’s Loading List, but there are still tables available for the event in the evening of 14 November at Royal Lancaster Hotel, London. Reasons to attend the Global Freight Awards 2019 include entertaining clients and rewarding staff, as well as celebrating excellence in the company of major industry figures that are the cream of international freight and logistics.
Alongside the main Global Freight Awards 2019 ceremony and dinner, the night will include an ‘after-party’ featuring a live band, mini golf, cheese & biscuits, ‘chutney tricycle’, craft beer and ‘cocktail tricycle’. There will also be a Transaid prize draw – with four prizes.
There are also still spaces available in the Ending Misdeclared Cargo Forum in the afternoon, where expert panellists will examine the options being put forward to stamp out misdeclarations, wrongly stowed hazardous freight, or other cargo-related malpractices that can have deadly consequences. The interactive forum with industry leaders is being organised by Lloyd’s Loading List in partnership with Lloyd’s List and its research and consultancy counterparts at Lloyd’s List Intelligence to drive collaborative effort to tackle the faults in the global supply chain of dangerous goods.
The afternoon forum on 14 November at the Royal Lancaster Hotel is complimentary to attend and runs in conjunction with the Global Freight Awards, running from 1.30pm to 3.30pm, to be chaired by Lloyd’s List Containers editor James Baker. Contributors will include Peregrine Storrs-Fox, risk management director at TT Club; Laurent Audaz, head of P&I insurance, legal and claims at Mediterranean Shipping Co; and Tom Sommerwerck, managing director at Döhle Assekuranzkontor.
You can see the full list of finalists for the Global Freight Awards 2019 via this link
You can book your place at the Global Freight Awards 2019 via this link
You can book your place at the Ending Misdeclared Cargo Forum in the afternoon,
The host for the Global Freight Awards 2019, Tom Allen, is a comedian, writer and actor. He started as a stand up at the age of 22 and went on to win both So You Think You’re Funny in Edinburgh and the BBC New Comedy Awards in the same year. Since then he has honed his unique style of sharp, acerbic wit and camp, riotous storytelling by performing to audiences all over the UK and around the world. He recently made his first appearance on the BBC’s iconic Live at the Apollo.
He has also been making several appearances on 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, Mock the Week, The Great British Bake Off’s Extra Slice, Celebrity The Crystal Maze as well as the John Bishop Show and Channel 4’s Comedy Gala at the O2 along with several appearances on Just a Minute including the 50th anniversary episode alongside Prince Charles.
Last year he supported Sarah Millican on her sold out tour of Australia, New Zealand and the UK. He has also supported Josh Widdicombe, Romesh Ranganathan and Michael McIntyre.
After a sell-out run of his show ‘Indeed’ at the Edinburgh Festival Tom recently brought it to the main space at London’s Soho Theatre before extending his current tour ‘Absolutely’ to even more places around the UK.
Like Minded Friends, the weekly podcast he records with Suzi Ruffell, has now reached the hundreds of thousands in its listenership.
Tom has also performed at Montreal’s Just For Laughs as well as Sydney, Adelaide and Melbourne Comedy Festivals. He has written articles for The Scotsman, The Independent, The Lady and The Guardian.
He played Pip Bin in Radio 4’s Sony Award winning Bleak Expectations and as an actor has also guest starred in Comedy Central’s Threesome, BBC’s Sensitive Skin with Joanna Lumley and Fear of Fanny with Mark Gatiss and Julia Davis. Film includes Colour Me Kubrick with John Malkovich, Starter for Ten with James McEvoy and the Stephen Frears film, Tamara Drewe.
Source: Lloyd’s
