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.