FIATA names Young Forwarder finalists
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- Wednesday, 27 July 2016
The International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA) has named four regional finalists in its Young International Freight Forwarder of the Year Award 2016.
The four - selected this year from a record 27 entries - a representing national forwarding associations are:
Region Asia/Pacific : Shanon Gould, Australia.
Region Africa/Middle East : Lorraine Zhou, Zimbabwe.
Region Americas : Evgeny Kapustin, Canada.
Region Europe : Kostiantyn Hapii, Ukraine.
Among the diverse subjects covered by the dissertations prepared by this year's entrants are the shipping of cotton bales; the challenges of transporting tyres and turbines and the solution to moving a 40’ tall fire breathing dinosaur robot across continents.
The regional finalists will travel to FIATA’s World Conference in Dublin, Ireland (03 – 07 October, 2016) to present their dissertations to the judging panel.
The winner's prize principally consists of practical and academic training.