"Transport and Logistics" Exhibition and Conference will open doors in September

The Central Asian largest exhibition and conference of transport and logistics services "Transport and Logistics" - TransKazakhstan / Translogostica 2018 will be held from September 18 to 20, 2018.

An important task of the occasion is to create the necessary conditions for development of transport logistics and global transit potential of Kazakhstan, through synergy of all modes of transport.

This year the exhibition unites national railways; international seaports; transport companies that provide a wide range of freight forwarding services; companies engaged in processing and warehousing of goods; manufacturers of warehouse equipment, as well as manufacturers of various types of vehicles, spare parts and components.

TransKazakhstan / Translogostica 2018 will also present software developers, scientific and technological companies that provide IT solutions for transport industry, technologies for process automation and system integration.

Today Kazakhstan, having a strategically advantageous territorial position, creates its own logistics market: new railway lines, ports, roads are being built, roadside infrastructure and warehouse complexes are being modernized and improved.

The President N.Nazarbayev set the goal to develop logistics services sector and make maximum use of the territory of Customs Union for transportation of goods, becoming a transit hub throughout Central Asian region.

So, in August 2018 in Kazakhstan multimodal hub of Kuryk port was launched, which is of great importance both for Kazakhstan and for entire Eurasian continent. Capacity of railway-ferry and automobile complex is more than 7 million tons per year. Kuryk port, along with Kazakhstan companies NC Kazakhstan Temir Zholy JSC, KTZ Express JSC, KTZE-Khorgos Gateway LLP, NC Aktau International Sea Trade Port JSC, Aktau Sea Northern Terminal LLP, KTZH-Cargo Transportation JSC, UK Special Economic Zone Khorgos-Eastern Gateway JSC, takes part in TransKazakhstan / Translogostica 2018. Representatives of the port within the days of the exhibition will acquaint specialists with capabilities of multimodal hub and prospects for cooperation.

International Association "Trans-Caspian International Transport Route", LLC "Delco" and FKKGroup (Russia), Hyo-Sung General Co., Ltd. (Korea), Faymonville Distribution AG (Luxembourg), Sea and Rail Limited (China), Online platform for cargo and transport search TRANS.EU will take part in the exhibition for the first time.

This year international platform TransKazakhstan / Translogostica will unite companies from Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, China, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Russia, Ukraine, Finland, Estonia, South Korea and Turkey.

TransKazakhstan / Translogistica 2018 will help to attract investments and introduce innovations in development of transport infrastructure, logistic and warehouse system of Kazakhstan, increase in the volume of international transportation.

The 1st International Conference "Transport and Logistics Market" organized by Union of Transport Workers of Kazakhstan "KAZLOGISTICS" and Institute of Logistics and Business "Silk Road" will be held for the first time within the framework of the exhibition.

The main directions of the conference sessions defined: "State policy of the countries of Silk Road in the field of development of transport systems. Challenges and solutions"; "SCM + 4PL: Challenges and Trends in Supply Chain Management and Optimization"; "Rolling Stock: Markets and Trends, Innovations and Regulation" and "Transportation: Challenges, Problems and Solutions".

Among participants of the conference, there are representatives of state companies, heads of industry associations and unions, specialists in transport, logistics and related industries.

Presentations will be made by: Kairat SAURBAYEV - President of "KTZh - Cargo transportation" JSC; Diaz ISKAKOV - President of "KTZ Express" JSC; Hitcham BELMACHI - Chief Operating Officer of SEZ KhorgosEastGate; Jordan KARAMALAKOV - Regional Director of IATA Kazakhstan; Robert KOMAR - Representative of "Lithuanian Railways" JSC in Kazakhstan; Erkhat ISKALIYEV - Member of the Board of Trustees of the Institute of Logistics and Business "Silk Road"; Aivars TAURINS - Head of DB Representative Office in Russia; Jeff WRIGHT - USAID Project Manager for Competitiveness, Trade and Job Creation in Central Asia, USAID.

Also, speeches of representatives of "Kaztemirtrans" JSC; "United Transport and Logistics Company - Eurasian Railway Alliance" JSC; "Transcontainer" PJSC; Eastcomtrans LLP; TransCom LLP; Globalink Transportation and Logistics Worldwide; Kazpost JSC and other specialists are planned.

The International exhibition TransKazakhstan / Translogistica is held annually by international exhibition companies Atakent-Expo and Iteca jointly with international partner ITE Group (Great Britain) with support of the Ministry of Investment and Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan, "Kazakhstan Temir Zholy" JSC, Union of Transport Workers of Kazakhstan "KAZLOGISTICS», Kazakhstan Association of Carriers and Operators of Wagons and Association of National Freight Forwarders.