October 19 (SeeNews) - Slovenian logistics companies will showcase to potential Asian customers at two upcoming forums the opportunities offered by their home land as a shipping gateway to Europe, a statement issued by Malaysian logistics provider Infinity Logistics and Transport indicated.
Officials from Slovenia’s Transport Ministry, the country's Public Agency for Entrepreneurship and Foreign Investments and Chamber of Commerce and Industry as well as executives from the Ljubljana Airport, port operator Luka Koper and Slovenian railway operator Slovenske Zeleznice will attend a forum entitled Slovenia as a Logistics Platform in Central and Eastern Europe that will be held in Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia on October 20, the statement posted on Infinity's corporate website (www.infinity.com.my) indicated.
A second presentation is scheduled for October 22 in Singapore, the statement said.
Infinity is the representative for Luka Koper in Malaysia and other countries in the region including Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia, Malaysian online portal Business Times (www.btimes.com.my) reported on Monday.
“[...] Luka Koper is a non-market for Malaysian companies. Our role is to ignite trade for Malaysian companies and others in the region at large,” the CEO of Infinity Logistics and Transport, Chan Kong Yew, told the Business Times.
According to him, some 300 people, comprising representatives of logistic companies, shipping lines, freight forwarders, shippers, traders and manufacturers will attend the October 20 event.
“The port [of Koper] is strategically located near the Adriatic Sea with huge markets that include Hungary, Austria, southern Germany, the Czech Republic, the Balkan area, Ukraine and Russia,” Chan said.
The company executive also told the news outlet that a possible business venture is the export of crude palm oil to Europe via the Port of Koper. Malaysia currently exports 2-2.6 million tonnes of crude palm oil per year through another major port in Europe.
Last year, trade between Slovenia and Malaysia totalled 27.9 million euro ($41.6 million), Business Times said.
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