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Aitken Spence Cargo of Freight Sector secures Top honours in Shipping & Related Services at the 2024 National Business Excellence Awards

Aitken Spence Cargo representing Aitken Spence Freight Sector secured first place under "Shipping & Shipping Related Services Sector” at the National Business Excellence Awards (NBEA) 2024, awarded by the National Chamber of Commerce Sri Lanka (NCCSL). This prestigious award ceremony recognising excellence in business was held on 20th June 2024 at the Hotel Shangri-La Colombo.

National Business Excellence Awards (NBEA) is the prestigious benchmark competition organised by the National Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka. This premier event, now in its 19th year, celebrates the pinnacle of business achievements in Sri Lanka, acknowledging organisations that reach global standards of excellence. The enhanced scope, considering excellence in the areas of Corporate Governance, Capacity Building, Performance Management, Local & Global Market Reach, corporate social responsibility, environmental sustainability and business & financial results aims at providing a framework which will lead to augmenting organizational performance and thereby making a significant contribution to the socio-economic development of Sri Lanka.

Aitken Spence Freight Sector has pioneered freight forwarding in Sri Lanka and continues to provide comprehensive end-to-end Freight Logistics solutions in unison with its Credo “Think Speed – Think Spence”. The sector continues to introduce game changing solutions to provide supply chain resilience through agility and innovation, while nurturing operational excellence among Team Freight. The commitment from the leadership to sustain team spirit, in-spite of crises in the global arena and local marketplace, was commended by the panel of judges.

Certified for ISO 9001 Quality & ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems the Aitken Spence Freight Sector introduces best practices to provide innovative customer experiences and continues to introduce game changing initiatives, enhancing global trade. With operations spanning across multiple regions and continents and leveraging on its solid network Team Freight lives its purpose “Connecting borders through seamless tailor-made solutions.”

From Left to Right: Aitken Spence Cargo Team - Nishan Jayawardena - Assistant Vice President Freight Operations, Dhilmini Palipane - Assistant General Manager Quality & Environmental Management Systems, Business Development & Sustainability, [with Officials/ Dignitaries representing National Chamber of Commerce Sri Lanka] and Sudheera Ekanayake - General Manager Finance and Amritha Abeysekera – Manager HR.