A four-member delegation led by Md Rezaul Karim, chairman of Shippers’ Council of Bangladesh (SCB) and vice-chairman of Asian Shippers’ Alliance is proceeding towards Malaysia on September 3 to attend the Asian Shippers’ Alliance (ASA) and Global Shippers’ Alliance (GSA) Annual Meeting from September 4 to 6 at One World Hotel, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, organized by Malaysian National Shippers’ Council (MNSC).
The meeting will discuss the Manifesto, bill of cargo rights; update on maritime transport and airfreight and trade facilitation; relation with the International Road Transport Union (IRU) and follow up on the charter; developments on digitalisation and sustainability, expansion of ASA & GSA membership.
Besides, a one-day seminar titled "Navigating the Waves of Unpredictability: Building Shippers' Resilience for the Next Normal" will be organized.
The Malaysian transport minister will attend the seminar as a chief guest.
Apart from Bangladesh, European, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Korea, Dutch Shippers’ Council; Thai and Malaysian National Shippers’ Council and Macau Shippers’ Association and American Association of Exporters and Importers representatives will also attend the meeting.
SCB Directors Md Munir Hossain, Syed Md Bakhtiar and Ataur Rahman Khan will accompany the chairman.
They are expected to return on September 8.
