The Heavies Awards 2024 The weight
is over.

The awards night for the heavy transport and abnormal load industry. Friday 25 October 2024, Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds.

Entries are open.

Since 2015, The Heavies have celebrated excellence across the heavy transport and abnormal load industry. Pick out that perfect project, shout about your successes and tell us about your teams.

New categories for 2024 include Crane Operator/Manufacturer of the Year, Heavy Lift Project of the Year and Overseas Operator of the Year. Submit your entry and book your table today.

How to write a good entry
2015 The first Heavies
16 Award categories for 2024
25.10 The big night, Leeds

Award categories

Sixteen awards seeking out the innovators and best performers across the widest range of operations, open to large and small companies alike.

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Will you be
a winner?

While the vanilla flavoured 44 tonne tractor-trailers sail up the motorways with everything from baked beans to breeze blocks, it is you, the specialists, who move the nation's infrastructure into place. You deserve recognition for that effort, expertise and professionalism, and The Heavies is where you'll find it.

Our judges hand out the gongs not just to the headline names, but to less well-known operators who are raising standards and showing that small can be beautiful too. Effort and excellence, regardless of size.

"Entries do not need to be full of glitz and snappy presentations. We can see through that, to the essential value of the submission."

The Judging Panel
Award winners on stage beneath The Heavies branding The Heavies trophies lined up under stage lights

Napkins, networking and a night to remember

All industries have their premier event. The Heavies is that opportunity for you: a chance to meet peers, make new business contacts, entertain clients and reward your teams for the year's efforts.

Your hosts are two legends of BBC Radio royalty. Sally Boazman, better known to Radio 2 listeners as Sally Traffic, and regular HeavyTorque contributor Jon Harle, who spent ten years at Pickfords Heavy Haulage before picking up the microphone.

More about the evening

Word from the floor

"The Heavies is an event's must for the haulage industry. Collett were delighted to be awarded Operator of the Year, an amazing accolade to add to our awards cabinet."

David Collett, Managing Director, Collett & Sons Ltd

"What I particularly enjoyed was the perfect balance between the official proceedings and ample networking opportunities. The winners were certainly given their moment to bask in the glory."

Han Rekers, Sales Director, Nooteboom

"Finally an awards dinner for the hard working UK heavy haulage companies! Long overdue, but definitely worth the wait."

Peter Dougan, Director, Traffco Ltd

"Making our industry and our people glitzy is quite an achievement! A great charitable cause and an extremely well run event: thoroughly enjoyable."

David Allely, Director, Allelys Group
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Our chosen charity

The Heavies are proud to support Transaid, an international development charity that champions local transport solutions, improving access to basic services and economic opportunity in developing countries. Founded by Save the Children and the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, its patron is HRH The Princess Royal.

About Transaid

Sponsor the awards

Reach the key decision makers, operators, policy makers, manufacturers and suppliers of the entire heavy and abnormal load industry. Supporting the awards demonstrates industry leadership and an active commitment to quality, so join us for 2024.

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Friday 25 October 2024

Royal Armouries Museum
Leeds

Armouries Drive, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS10 1LT

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