THE Lloyd’s List editorial team won two of the top honours at the annual Seahorse Journalism Awards in London on Tuesday.

Senior reporter Linton Nightingale was named Journalist of the Year, while our European Editor-in-Chief Helen Kelly won Social Media Journalist of the Year.

Linton’s well-deserved recognition came off the back of stories covering topics as diverse as free trade agreements, the state of Spanish ports and market-leading innovations in the carriage of live lobsters.

Judges praised the quality of Linton’s “forward-looking insightful coverage of key industry challenges” and remarked that in each of his articles they had learned something new.

Referring to Helen’s outstanding engagement in the social media space, the panel of judges commended her passion for avowed causes including talent development, diversity and the relevance of women in the industry. 

“She built her Twitter and LinkedIn strategy consistently around the promotion of these causes in an intelligent and constructive way,” said the judging panel.

“These awards are a tribute to the quality journalism that underpins Lloyd’s List’s reputation as a market-leading force in shipping,” commented Lloyd’s List Managing Editor Richard Meade.

“Amidst uncertainty and change in shipping, Lloyd’s List’s commitment to accurate, insightful journalism has never been more important to our subscribers but it is particularly encouraging to have our efforts recognised by an independent panel of industry judges.”

Linton Nightingale’s award-winning articles

• Trump’s protectionism puts Canadian ports at risk — The article centres around how US-first policies, including the break-up of NAFTA, threatens to derail progress made at Canadian ports on the Pacific coast, which are dependent on transit cargo moving south through the US

• Spanish ports under threat from bloated dockworker costs ­ — An overarching piece explaining the mounting pressure on the Spanish government at the start of the year to implement port reforms and address a monopolised labour system that risks driving transhipment traffic away from its port.

• CMA CGM gets its claws into lucrative lobster market — The article told the story of how the French carrier set sail with its concept container to ferry live lobster across the Atlantic. In a world first, CMA CGM, in partnership with EMYG Environnement  & Aquaculture — a fellow Marseilles-based company specialising in water purification and filtration — created Aquaviva, a container modified to imitate the lobsters’ natural habitat.