Igor Levitin, Minister of Transport of the RF, who supports TransRussia, stated: “I consider this annual international exhibition to be necessary for the development of the industry. This professional transport forum is a ground for the demonstration of modern transportation technologies, transit freight opportunities, support in the reconstruction and modernisation of transport infrastructure in this country with the participation of Russian and international investments”.
Along with the Ministry of Transport of the RF, the exhibition and the conference are officially supported by the Committee for Transport of the State Duma of the RF, Russian Railways OAO, Federal Agency for Marine and River Transport, Federal Agency for Railway Transport, Federal Agency for the Development of the State Border of the RF, Association of Russian Freight Forwarders and Guild of Freight Forwarders of Russia.
TransRussia anniversary edition will be attended by about 500 companies from 33 countries. Exhibitors include recognized leaders of the transport industry: Deutcshe Bahn, Port of Hamburg, CD Cargo, Czech National Railways, Rhenus, Bremenports, PKR Cargo Trade Trans, Rusagrotrans, Volgo-Baltic Logistics, GK N-Trans, GK Fesko, National Container Company, First Cargo Company and many others.
A number of countries present their national expositions at TransRussia. They include Germany, Belgium, Finland, Italy, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Belorus, which will present its national pavilion at the exhibition for the first time.In view of the above, Republic of Belarus was awarded with the Honourable Exhibiting Country status.
This year the exhibition will be attended by 80 new exhibitors. They include Karcher, Tikhvinsky wagon works, Ust Luga trading port, Hoegh Autoliners Agency Russia, NOTA-Bank, Russian Transport Lines and many others.
General Sponsor of TransRussia is PLASKE company engaged in freight forwarding.
Specialists can visit the exhibition free of charge. To attend the show you need to get registered at the official Website of the exhibition http://www.transrussia.ru/visitor/registration/ and get an electronic ticket to visit TransRussia valid for all days of the exhibition.
TransRussia conference will take place in the conference hall of Pavilion 8 on 27-29 April. Speakers at the conference are top managers of the transport industry of Russia and foreign guests including Ivan Sherbo, Minister of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Belarus, Kaspars Gerhards, Minister of Communications of Latvia, Vladimir Kornienko, First Deputy Minister of Transport and Communications of Ukraine, Juliusz Engelhardt, Deputy Minister of Infrastructure of Poland, Arunas Staras, Vice-Minister of Transport and Communications of Lithuania.
The Round Table on Baltic issues organised jointly with BaltMarketConsult will be attended by ports of Riga, Tallinn, Klaipeda, VOPAK E.O.S, branch associations of Latvia and Lithuania, representatives of Federal Agency for the Development of the State Border of the RF and Maritime & Transport Business Solutions analytical agency.
The session programme on 28 April will be dedicated to three important issues: marine cargo transportation and port development, rail cargo transportation market and operating efficiency of border checkpoints. Speakers at the session are top managers of the largest Eastern European ports, representatives of railways and transporters.
On 20 April, the conference will feature discussion of a wide range of issues related to the development of transport and logistics infrastructure, logistics of container transportation and supply chain management. Speakers include representatives of the Ministry of Transport of Russia, Port of Hamburg, Leipzig/Halle logistics hub, Soyuzmorniiproject, United China Logistic, IBS, Transcontainer, Refservice, STS/RLS Logistics, SamGUPS and FinAssist.
Sponsors of the conference are DFDS, CTL Logistics, Novorossiysk sea trading port, United China Logistic, SOLVO, Raven Russia.
Ekaterina Sviridova
PR Director, ITE
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