The 15th of September 2021, Management Company Delo (MC Delo), the parent company of Delo Group, has become a member of the International Coordinating Council on Trans-Eurasian Transportation (ICCTT), uniting participants in the transportation of goods on land and sea sections of trans-Eurasian routes in international traffic.
Oleg Belozerov, Head of Russian Railways and Chairman of the Coordination Council, announced the entry of MC Delo into the ICCTT during the 30th plenary session of the CCTT.
Sergey Shishkarev, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Delo Group, noted the importance of the ICCTT platform in the context of the growth of railway transit through the territory of Russia for coordinating the issues of interaction between state institutions and companies from different countries involved in transit.
He also said that holdings that are part of the group, in particular, TransContainer and Global Ports, have long been working in the ICCTT: “The ICCTT format is not only familiar to us, but also extremely important”.
About company
Delo Group is the largest transport and logistics holding in Russia, managing sea container terminals in the Azov-Black Sea, Baltic and Far Eastern basins, a network of railway container terminals, a fleet of containers and fitting platforms.
The Group's stevedoring business includes DeloPorts holding and Global Ports, a leading container terminal operator. The transport and logistics business of the Group is made up of the multimodal transport operator Ruscon and the intermodal container operator TransContainer that owns and operates the largest fleet of containers and flatcars over the entire 1520 standard railway network.
International Coordinating Council on Trans-Eurasian Transportation (CCTT) is a non-commercial transport association with an open-ended duration, registered in the Main Register of the canton Bern (Switzerland).
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); Korean International Freight Forwarders Association (KIFFA).
Presently the CCTT has 91 member societies from 21 countries, including railways of Europe, Asia and the CIS states, leading shipping companies, operators and forwarders, ports and stevedoring companies, state organizations, administrations and academia, telecom and marketing companies, security services and mass media.
The CCTT contributes to introducing advanced technologies, which increase the capacities of border crossing points and international freight volumes.