Regional winners of FIATA's Young International Freight Forwarder of the Year Award announced
TT Club believes the annual award and the associated entry process is crucial in identifying, recognising and encouraging young talent throughout the freight forwarding community around the world.
The four regional finalists, selected this year from among 17 entries representing national forwarding associations globally, are:
Region Africa/Middle East: Miss Tjaka Segooa, South Africa - SAAFF
Region Americas: Mrs Kendyl Baptiste, Canada -- CIFFA
Region Asia/Pacific: Miss Sarah Kate Skrypec, Australia -- CBFCA
Region Europe: Mr Louis Perrin, UK -- BIFA
The entries this year were, as ever, of a high standard and drew from a wide range of dissertation topics. The work of the entrants demonstrated the complexity of processes carried out within the global supply chain and the logistics skills required to serve it.
The diverse subjects covered by the dissertations of this year's entrants included live plants, super cars, flexi-tanks, aid shipments, aircraft components, Antarctic ice and a rhinoceros.
Later this year the regional finalists will travel to FIATA's World Congress hosted by the Federation of Freight Forwarders' Associations India in New Delhi, India (26th - 29th September) in order to present their dissertations to the steering committee and for the final judging and announcement of the international award winner.
The prize to be awarded to the winner principally consists of practical and academic training, including a week based at one of TT Club's regional centres in London, Hong Kong or New Jersey plus a week in TT Club's Head Office in London. Additionally, one year's subscription to the International Transport Journal (ITJ) is granted to all four regional winners.
Mike Yarwood, TT Club's Senior Loss Prevention Executive and Chairman of the Award Steering Committee commented, "This award aims to contribute to the development of quality professionals in the freight forwarding industry and rewards young talent with valuable training. At TT Club, we are proud to have been a sponsor of the award since its inception and firmly believe in the importance of nurturing the talents and enhancing the skills of young individuals in freight forwarding."
Thomas Sim, Chairman of FIATA's Advisory Body Vocational Training, mentioned, "For an emerging young freight forwarder, the YIFFYA is a great platform to immediately be seen by such a wide audience and the press, and the winning candidate receives generous support from the TT Club team and sponsor. I am extremely excited for this amazing opportunity to showcase young professionals in the pursuit of a successful career."
Find out more:
https://www.ttclub.com/loss-prevention/yiffya/
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About FIATA
The International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA) was founded in Vienna, Austria on 31 May 1926. It is a non-governmental organisation that today represents an industry covering approximately 40,000 forwarding and logistics firms, employing around 10 million people in some 160 countries. FIATA has consultative status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), and the UN Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) as well as many other UN related bodies such as the World Bank. It is recognised as representing the freight forwarding industry by many other governmental organisations, governmental authorities, private international organisations in the field of transport and logistics, such as the European Commission (through CLECAT), the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the International Union of Railways (UIC), the International Road Transport Union (IRU), the World Customs Organization (WCO), and the World Trade Organization (WTO). Learn more at
www.fiata.com.
Hans Guenther Kersten
Director General
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