Shankar Shinde has been appointed as the Vice Chairman of the International Coordination Council on Trans-Eurasian Transportation (CCTT) during the 32nd Plenary Meeting which was recently held in Moscow. Shinde was earlier Chairman, Federation of Freight Forwarders Association of India (FFFAI). The partnership is focused on improving border trade facilitation through INSTC route. Shinde, Immediate Past Chairman of FFFAI is also Secretary General of CIFA. Li Zhiming has also been elected as new CCTT Vice-Chairman.
This year the meeting was dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the Council. More than 250 delegates from departments, companies and organizations from 20 countries of the Eurasian continent, heads and representatives of international organizations and associations participated in this GLOBAL event. Other new members who also joined during this meeting were from China, South Korea, Iran and Southeast Asian countries. The CCTT was founded by the Ministry of Railway Communication of the Russian Federation (after the restructuring of 2003 – RZD OJSC; Deutsche Bahn (DB AG); Group of European Trans-Eurasian Forwarders and Operators (GETO) and Korean International Freight Forwarders Association (KIFFA).