The Union for the Mediterranean participates in the 15th International Logistics & Material Handling Exhibition (SIL) in Barcelona

Barcelona, 18 June, 2013. Amb. Yigit Alpogan, UfM Deputy Secretary General for Transport and Urban Development, participated today in the 15th International Logistics & Material Handling Exhibition (SIL) held in Barcelona during 18-20 June 2013.

This Exhibition is the meeting point for all the logistics activity from the South of Europe, the Mediterranean and Latin America and gathers all the professionals from the logistics industry, being the ideal framework for business deals, networking and knowledge.

After fourteen editions, SIL has become a major logistics and transport trade fair in Europe and the Mediterranean. Within the framework of the SIL, the UfM participates as institutional partner to the 11th Mediterranean Logistics and Transport Forum, an initiative considered as a reference for the main topics, innovations and new policies of Mediterranean logistics and transport sectors.

Amb. Alpogan, representing the UfM Secretary General, participated in a working meeting with Mr. Jordi Cornet, the Special Delegate of State of El Consorcio de la Zona Franca de Barcelona, organizer of the SIL, and intervened at the opening of the 11th Mediterranean Logistics and Transport Forum.