An international specialized expo and congress Transport and Logistics 2009 will open in the football manege in Pobeditelei Avenue in Minsk on 6 October to last till 9 October, the press service of the Belarusian Economy Ministry told.

The expo will feature modern transport and logistics systems, equipment for them, cargo transportation services, information and support services for transport. Over 100 companies from ten countries will present their products. For the first time Ilyichev and Kaliningrad sea trade ports will present their services.

The III Belarusian Transport Congress will be held as part of the expo. Specialists are expected to discuss economic, organizational, scientific and technical problems relating to the development of the country’s transport industry. Participants of the congress will also analyze the state of the Belarusian transport and logistics system, will consider promising areas of its development via analyzing international experience. Specialists of management bodies of all kinds will participate in the discussion as well as representatives of industrial enterprises, education and research institutes. Among the topics to be voiced during the plenary session of the congress are new opportunities for attracting investments, application of information technologies for raising the effectiveness of customs clearance of goods, utilization of automatic identification systems in transport and logistics.