HLPFI reviews the finalists for the 2025 Project Logistics Provider of the Year award, sponsored by AAL Shipping.
This award will be presented to a logistics provider of any size that has developed its project cargo services to adapt to new market opportunities and challenges, as well as customer demands. The judges looked for evidence of how this development, supported by technical capability and safety standards, drove success and set the company apart over the past year.
Our 2025 shortlist includes:
Blue Bell Shipping
Dubai-based Blue Bell Shipping (BBS) generated revenues more than three times its historical average in 2024 and double the previous year’s total. The company continues to bolster its international footprint with offices across the USA, UK, Australia, the Middle East and Asia.
In addition to tansitioning from general forwarding to a project logistics specialist, BBS is implementing AI-based invoicing and document control systems. One of our judges for this category noted BBS’s “strong evidence of strategic transformation, deep client focus, market adaptability, and a proactive safety and environmental stance”.
DHL Industrial Projects
Commended by the judges for its international footprint, sector expansion, and comprehensive presentation on strategy and DEI, DHL Industrial Projects highlighted recent projects and initiatives. Identified as a core growth driver within DHL Group, particularly in New Energy, DHL Industrial Projects is supporting the group’s wider ambitions for sustainable development and market leadership.
The company continues to expand its team of project logistics and industry vertical specialists and established a dedicated ro-ro special cargo desk to supplement its established heavy lift and breakbulk services, while reporting a 20 percent increase in fixtures and volumes.
Fracht Group
Within the last six years alone, Fracht Group has opened more than 70 new offices worldwide as it expands its global reach. With this, the company is getting closer to its customers, while continuing to delivery complex heavy lift and project logistics solutions– having completed multiple large-scale projects throughout 2024.
Across the year, the company was responsible for almost 1,000 heavy lifts in North America alone.
Liburnia Group
Liburnia was applauded by our judging panel for its growth, evolving from a local port agency with just two employees to one of Croatia’s largest project forwarders with over 100 staff and counting.
The firm is ratcheting up its global presence with offices in locations such as the Netherlands (2018) and Poland (2023). As well as an outstanding safety record, Liburnia is continuing to expand both in terms of locations and in equipment to serve the project logistics sector.
Prism Logistics
Selecting three key projects – IOCL-Panipat, IOCL-Barauni, and PGCIL-Subhasgram – that it worked on during 2024, Prism Logistics detailed how it had moved upwards of 350,000 freight tons of cargo worldwide in the past year.
Our judges highlighted the extensive use of heavy lift equipment in its operations, many of which are delivered as turnkey projects.
UTC Overseas
UTC Overseas has been working on some large-scale projects over the past 12 months, including the Baltic Power wind farm, and the El Tesorito power plant.
With 46 offices and 400 staff across 26 countries, UTC Overseas demonstrated that it is getting closer to its clients – which span the energy, industrial projects, and sustainable manufacturing sectors.
The winner of this year’s Project Logistics Provider of the Year award will be announced at the Heavy Lift Awards 2025 ceremony on October 22 at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in London. To join the celebrations, book your place today.
