On May 31, 2013, Odessa hosted the XI International Freight Forwarder Day. This conference was devoted to the organization of international cargo transportation through the regions of the Black, Baltic and Caspian Seas in the North-South, West-East directions, as well as issues of the development of intermodal transportation and promising container transportation, the cost of which has seriously increased recently ..
The conference was attended by Director of the Ukrainian Transport and Logistics Center Volodymyr Ivashchuk, General Director of the Association of International Freight Forwarders of Ukraine Yuriy Prikhodko, General Director of the Association of Freight Forwarding and Logistics Organizations of Ukraine "UKRVNESHTRANS" Evgeny Novikov, President of FIATA (International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations) Stanley Lim , Regional Adviser to the UN Economic Commission for Europe Mario Apostolov, President of PLASKE JSC Oleg Platonov and others.
Director of the Ukrainian Transport and Logistics Center Volodymyr Ivashchuk noted that today the role of forwarding organizations is very important for maintaining the existing volumes of cargo transportation, for increasing and increasing them. According to Ivaschuk, this conference will help to consider and solve topical issues in order to achieve a new level of interaction between all participants in the transportation processes.
On behalf of the General Director of Ukrzaliznytsia, Volodymyr Ivashchuk awarded Oleg Platonov with an honorary award for promoting the development of railway transport.
For 11 years, International Freight Forwarder Day has become an annual forum for representatives of the transport industry and has established itself as an important and effective event. It unites international freight forwarders, railway workers and other participants in the transportation process from Europe, Asia and other continents. This conference provided its participants with a good opportunity to establish new business contacts to exchange accumulated experience and jointly implement new projects.
