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Friday October 16, 2026

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Pictures At An Exhibition


Paul Golland, Tej Contractor, Anqi Song, Nachi Mendelow, Turgut Erkeskin, Steve Morris, Neil Taylor, Andrea Tang, Steve Parker, Jens Roemer

     FIATA Family & Friends. In the picture left are Paul Golland, International Forwarders & Customs Brokers of Australia; Tej Contractor, Mayur C. Contractor Logistics PVT Ltd.; Anqi Song, China Merchants Holdings; Nachi Mendelow, Cargowise South Africa; Turgut Erkeskin, FIATA/UTIKAD; Steve Morris; Neil Taylor, Pacific Anchor Line (Group); Andrea Tang, FIATA; Steve Parker, British International Freight Association and Jens Roemer, A. Hartrodt Belgium.

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Stéphane Graber, Geoffrey Arend, Sabiha Arend, Thomas Sim

     At Milan FIATA World Congress, Dr. Stéphane Graber (left) and Dr. Thomas Sim (right) with Geoffrey Arend and Sabiha Arend.
     The surprise “Certificate of Honor” presentation recognized Geoffrey’s “Invaluable contribution to FIATA and the logistics community” and  was especially significant coming a decade after Arend was named FIATA Fellow in 2016.
     The moment drew an unforgettable and heart-warming standing ovation from World Congress delegates.

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Mauro Da Ros, Aldo Da Ros, Alessandro Barbiero

     Father & Son . . . Mauro Da Ros (Border Trans Service) and father Aldo Da Ros.
     Aldo Da Ros served as FIATA President 2001-2003, is a logistics entrepreneur and former Managing Director of Gottardo Ruffoni with over 50 years of experience in the freight forwarding.
     Pictured here is “King of the Road” Alessandro Barbiero, CEO of Barbiero S.P.A. Active in FIATA leadership & Fedespedi (advancing Italian national freight forwarding) Barbiero brings road freight innovation and advancing logistics into the conversation in his yeoman efforts.

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Ozan, Durkan, turgut Erkeskin, Kadir Eser, Alperen Guler
     UTIKAD The Turkish Forwarding and Logistics Association founded in 1986 brought to world attention Turgut Erkeskin, a UTIKAD activist who just completed serving as President of FIATA.
     Mr. Kadir Eser, Turkish Commercial Consul in Milan (third from left) is pictured with Ozan Durak up and coming young logistician that was named 2026 Global Winner of the FIATA Young Logistics Professionals (YLP) Award  in Milan.
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Stephane Graber, Martin Lee, Gianluca Marcangelo, Vitalii Smilianets


     
     Where a hard look reveals what’s up in software. FIATA DG (left) Dr. Stéphane Graber in animated conversation with Vitaly Smilianets, Awery Software; Martin Lee, Cargowise and Gianluca Marcangelo, Awery Software.


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