Top young freight forwarder named

Ben Walters, Logistics Engineer at Bidvest Panalpina Logistics (BPL), has been named the 2015 South African winner of the Young Freight Forwarder of the Year competition, organised by the International Federation of Freight Forwarders Association (Fiata). Competition entrants must be under 32 years old and are required to make a detailed analysis of an export and import operation. The analysis must include a wide range of possible solutions and plan for contingencies while meeting increasingly stringent demands of importers and exporters. Walters follows in the footsteps of BPL’s Fortunate Mboweni who was the overall winner of the global competition in 2014. This is the first time a South African winner has come from the same company for two years running.