Business Forum

II International Regional rail business forum "Strategic Partnership 1520: The Baltic Sea Region" will be held on February 8-10, 2010 in Tallinn (Estonia), organizing committee office said.

The Business Forum will be focused on discussion of the problems urgent for the transport and logistics complex of European Economic outpost "Space 1520". As a major transit point and a key element of the Eurasian Economic Cooperation, the Baltic region is of great interest to all partners in the "broad" gauge.

Heads of the railway companies of "Space 1520" and European government authorities, leaders of international associations and unions, senior managers and businesses owners, leading experts in railroad industry and representatives of financial institutions are reportedly to attend the business forum.

General International Partner: “RZD” Russian Railways, the general partner: Eesti Raudtee (Estonian Railways), a strategic partner - the port of Tallinn.

Port of Tallinn is the largest commercial and passenger port in Estonia. Port of Tallinn is also one of the major leading ports in the Baltic Sea and largest regional port in volumes of freight and passenger traffic. The port provides serves for scores of Russian shippers and other CIS countries, offering them operative and quality handling at terminals and maintenance of vessels at its deep water berths.

(Source: Port News)