Young freight forwarder of the year named

Rion Henning, an import supervisor for UTi in East London, has been named the South African Association of Freight Forwarders (Saaff) Young Freight Forwarder of the Year. “It has definitely developed and broadened my vision in terms of where I am going in my career, but also about the industry I work in. I have been on a learning experience ever since I entered this competition,” he told FTW. Henning, won the competition after writing a dissertation of between 2500 and 4000 words, about the establishment of a glass manufacturing plant in South Africa. To represent South Africa in the Africa/Middle East region for the international leg of the competition, Henning has just completed his second dissertation. Should he win he will be representing the continent at the Fiata Young International Freight Forwarder of the Year Award, which takes place in Thailand later this year. “The second dissertation was on project cargo and about bringing in consignments of cargo via air and sea for an ethanol powered plant in the country,” says Henning.