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Dmitrijs Fjodorovs, CIO of SIGIS, spoke on the topic “Software solutions for efficient transport management”. The journey of SIGIS began as a freight forwarding business, given that the founders had previously worked for the former Baltic Railway. For 15 years, they have been actively developing software for companies specializing in freight forwarding by rail, having already served more than 2,000 companies, and continuing to increase their achievements.

Martin Koubek, Director of the Silk Road and CIS department at Metrans, introduced the company and said that Metrans is a key player in intermodal transport and has been an integral part of the HHLA group since 2018, which is mainly owned by the port organization of Hamburg. Founded in 1991, Metrans boasts over 30 years of experience in intermodal logistics. With annual revenues exceeding €590 million, the company has handled over 1.3 million TEU of cargo and handled 1.2 million TEU in its warehouses with the help of its dedicated team of 2,650 employees.

Dmitrij Hasenkampf, General Director of Sales and Business Development at RTSB, began by describing his company, which was founded in 1996 and has rapidly expanded its presence in the former CIS market through transport between Europe and countries such as Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Russia, and Belarus. The company is currently present in 22 locations around the world, mainly on the Eurasian continent, with a staff of approximately 350 employees and successfully operating more than 3,000 trains between Europe, China and the CIS countries last year.

Radu Balcu, Manager of the Business Improvement and New Businesses Department at GRAMPET GROUP, dedicated the presentation to the most important factors necessary to position the Middle Corridor as the main rival to the Northern Corridor. At the forefront of this endeavor is the Grampet Group, a pioneering multinational company headquartered in Romania.

Irakli Danelia, Business Development Manager for the Central Asia and Caucasus region at MAERSK, addressed three key topics, including the transformation of global supply chains through containerization, logistics performance indicators and Maersk’s role as a global logistics integrator on a regional scale. The significant development of containerization worldwide is due to factors such as increasing trade liberalization, technological advances in container technology and significant investment in port infrastructure.