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A new committee composed of members from the Ethiopian and Djiboutian transport authorities has been formed to facilitate freight and shipping logistics between the two countries. The Committee was initiated by the Maritime Affairs Authority and endorsed by the National Logistics Council, a high-level team formed to put forward policy interventions to solve the bottlenecks in the logistics industry.
Overcoming challenges to the logistics sector, conducting research in the field, and addressing industrial bottlenecks are some of the main tasks shouldered by the Committee. Since its establishment in November, the Committee has had a series of virtual meetings and plans to organise a workshop in Addis Abeba by the end of January.
Freight Forwarders Fed Up with Excess Costs Passed on by Container Shipping Lines
Objections to What are Seen as Unjustified Surcharges
UK – INDIA – WORLDWIDE – The news that a leading container shipping line is introducing an Emergency Space Surcharge (ESS) on services from South East India ports to the North Continent, the Mediterranean, North Africa, Red Sea and Latin America, has shippers and freight forwarders incandescent with rage.
French box line CMA CGM announced details of the surcharge, to be levied from today ‘in a continued effort to provide customers with reliable and efficient service’, not at all however how the cargo community sees it.
Young Freight Forwarder Steps Up to Win Prestigious Annual Award
YIFFYA World Title Goes to Asia-Pacific Regional Winner
SWITZERLAND – WORLDWIDE – FIATA, the International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations and TT Club have announced the 2020 winner of the Young International Freight Forwarder of the Year Award (YIFFYA). Umair Aamir Sheikh from the Pakistan International Freight Forwarders Association (PIFFA), and Asia-Pacific regional winner, picking up the prestigious title.
The YIFFYA demonstrates recognition by FIATA, and TT Club as a sponsoring partner of the award, of the need to develop quality in the freight forwarding industry and reward young talent. For over 20 years, the YIFFYA has been providing valuable training opportunities for young freight forwarders in the industry. Thomas Sim, FIATA Senior Vice President, commented:
Young International Freight Forwarder of the Year announced
FIATA International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations and TT Club announce the 2020 winner of the Young International Freight Forwarder of the Year Award (YIFFYA). Umair Aamir Sheikh from the Pakistan International Freight Forwarders Association, and Asia-Pacific regional winner, is awarded this year’s global award.
The YIFFYA demonstrates recognition by FIATA, and TT Club as a sponsoring partner of the award, of the need to develop quality in the freight forwarding industry and reward young talent. For over 20 years, the YIFFYA has been providing valuable training opportunities for young freight forwarders in the industry.