SLFFA to host National Logistics Awards this week

From left: Shavindra Dias, Project Chairman - National Logistics Awards, Prof. Lalith Edirisinghe, Chairman – Panel of Judges, Dinesh Sri Chandrasekara, Chairman – SLFFA, Roshan Silva, Immediate Past Chairman – SLFFA and Christo Kulatunga, Director Sales & Marketing – Expolanka Freight Limited

The Sri Lanka Logistics and Freight Forwarders’ Association (SLFFA), the apex body for the industry in Sri Lanka, will host the National Logistics Awards, which is a national-level awards ceremony for the logistics industry on March 23rd at the Shangri-La Hotel Colombo. 

The National Logistics Awards (NLA) will appreciate and recognize industry stakeholders who have made significant contributions to the logistics industry, while also celebrating significant achievements within the industry. 
The Chief Guest at the event will be Prime Minister, Mahinda Rajapaksa, and more than 40 awards across 6 main categories, along with recognition awards will be presented. The National Logistics Awards 2022 has been endorsed by 28 organizations and bodies including the Ministry of Ports and Shipping, Sri Lanka Ports Authority, Sri Lanka Customs, Airport and Aviation Services Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan Airlines and the Sri Lanka Shippers Council, along with educational institutes such as CINEC Campus. 

Applicants will be judged and assessed by an eminent panel of judges composed of reputed and well-recognized individuals in the field of logistics, from the private sector, public sector and academia. 

The panel is headed by Professor Lalith Edirisinghe, Dean of the Faculty of Management and Social Sciences at the CINEC Campus, and will rely on assessment tools such as the Logistics Performance Index (LPI), along with other metrics such as quality of service, competence, track & trace capabilities and timeliness of service delivery.

Discussing the new awards programme, Shavindra Dias – Project Chairman of NLA 2022 by SLFFA said, “It’s been quite some time since the industry has been recognised, both collectively and individually, which is why the NLA committee has been working tirelessly alongside the tremendously committed Panel of Judges, empowered by our sponsors and supported by numerous industry related organisations.”

Through the National Logistics Awards, which is intended to be a bi-annual programme, SLFFA intends to recognize and encourage service providers in Sri Lanka’s logistics space, while also creating greater awareness among the youth on this fast-growing industry full of opportunity. 

As the world emerges from the pandemic, logistics has become one of the most important industries globally. Having worked throughout the challenges and restrictions, the SLFFA believes that the industry is long overdue for much needed recognition of its outstanding achievements.