Felicity Landon is a British

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journalist specialising in global

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, industry and logistics. She is based near

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, in

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. Landon has worked as a feature writer, reporter, columnist and editor in the

sector for 35 years. She has received a number of awards from the Seahorse Freight Association, including Journalist of the Year in 2023.

Early life

Landon grew up in

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, where she attended

New Hall School New Hall School is a Catholic co-educational private boarding and day school in the village of Boreham near Chelmsford, Essex, England. It was founded in 1642 in the Low Countries, now Belgium, by sisters of the Catholic order Canonesses of ...

, near

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. She went on to study journalism at

Harlow College Harlow College is a further education college in Harlow, Essex, England. This medium-sized college has 5,900 students as of 2018 of which 2,585 are on 16-19 programmes and 2,000 are on adult educational programmes. Its main campus is in the to ...

Career

Landon worked for the ''

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'' before becoming a

journalist. She has worked in the

sector since 1990, writing for publications such as Port Strategy, Seatrade Maritime, Shipping Network, Heavy Lift & Project Forwarding International,

Lloyd's List ''Lloyd's List'' is one of the world's oldest continuously running journals, having provided weekly shipping news in London as early as 1734. It was published daily until 2013 (when the final print issue, number 60,850, was published), and i ...

and Industry Europe. Landon has also written company history books, including a commemorative book to celebrate the centenary of

Dunlop Aircraft Tyres Dunlop Aircraft Tyres is a company based in Birmingham, England, that designs, manufactures and retreads Aircraft tire, aircraft tyres. History Dunlop Aircraft Tyres was established in 1910 as part of Dunlop Rubber, Dunlop Ltd. (formally Dunl ...

, a history of e2v and a history of the international law firm

Stephenson Harwood Stephenson Harwood LLP is a law firm with over 1,400 people worldwide, including more than 210 partners. Headquartered in London, United Kingdom, with eight offices across Asia, Europe and the Middle East. In 2020/21 it achieved total revenues o ...

Awards

Landon has received the following awards from the Seahorse Freight Association (Seahorse Club): * Journalist of the Year 2023 * Supply Chain Journalist of the Year 2023 * Maritime Journalist of the Year 2022 * Innovation Journalist of the Year 2017 * Supply Chain Journalist of the Year 2012 She has also been named runner-up for: ESG (environmental, social and governance) Journalist of the Year 2024; Journalist of the Year 2018; Journalism on Innovation Award 2016; Supply Chain Journalist of the Year 2016; Journalist of the Year 2009Seahorse Club awards list 2009
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References

Living people 21st-century English journalists English women journalists English magazine editors English women magazine editors People educated at New Hall School Alumni of Harlow College Year of birth missing (living people) {{UK-journalist-stub