CCTT News

Regular meeting of the UPU Rail Forum was held at the invitation of the China Post in Chongqing on September 25-26, 2024. Within the framework of the Forum, issues of interaction between national postal companies and postal carriers by land transport were discussed. In accordance with the agenda of the meeting, CCTT outlined approaches to improving the efficiency of international mail transportation by rail in China - Europe – China connection. The issue of switching to paperless document flow in order to improve the convenience and quality of transportation services, as well as compliance of transportation documents with the requirements of customs and other regulatory authorities of the member states of the Universal Postal Union (UPU), was specifically discussed.

On August 20, the ‘Problem of Cargo Flow Imbalance in Connection with China against Background of Changes in Geography of International Logistics’ online discussion with top experts of the logistics services market co-organised by the International Coordinating Council on Trans-Eurasian Transportation (CCTT), was held on the TransRussia Connect platform.

During the exhibition and the annual meeting of the Federation of ASEAN Freight Forwarders Associations (AFFA) in Bangkok, bilateral meetings and talks were held between Mr. Mikhail Goncharov, CCTT Secretary General, Mr. Alvin Chua Seng, AFFA Chairman, and Mr. Stanley Lim, AFFA Honorary Secretary.
 

During the meeting of Mr. Mikhail Goncharov, CCTT Secretary General, with Mr. Hirohito Toda, ESCAP Deputy Executive Secretary, the importance of further close cooperation and interaction between CCTT and ESCAP on the promotion of seamless rail and multimodal transportation in Northeast and Central Asia to strengthen Euro-Asian transport links, was noted.

On May 15, a CCTT ‘Cold Chain’ Project Expert Meeting was held at the CCTT Secretariat office in hybrid format. The event was moderated by Gennady Bessonov, CCTT Secretary General, and Mikhail Sinev, President, Association of Food Sector Organizations (ASORPS), Manager, CCTT ‘Cold Chain’ Project.