Professional Organizations

Fiata

FIATA, in French "Fédération Internationale des Associations de Transitaires et Assimilés", in English "International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations", in German "Internationale Föderation der Spediteurorganisationen", was founded in Vienna/Austria on May 31, 1926. FIATA, a non-governmental organisation, represents today an industry covering approximately 40,000 forwarding and logistics firms, also known as the "Architects of Transport", employing around 8 - 10 million people in 150 countries.

iata

IATA (International Air Transport Association) was founded in Havana, Cuba, in April 1945. It is the prime vehicle for inter-airline cooperation in promoting safe, reliable, secure and economical air services - for the benefit of the world's consumers. The international scheduled air transport industry is now more than 100 times larger than it was in 1945. Few industries can match the dynamism of that growth, which would have been much less spectacular without the standards, practices and procedures developed within IATA.

EIFFA

EIFFA, The Egyptian International Freight Forwarding Association is the official organization dedicated to enhancing, supporting and leading this field to a successful and prosperous future. EIFFA was established in 1990 as a division of the Alexandria Chamber of Commerce and hosts over 246 members from all over the country. EIFFA is the only and official representative of FIATA in Egypt. FIATA (International Federation of Freight Forwarders Association) is the largest non-governmental organization based in Zurich, Switzerland, representing the freight forwarding industry by many other governmental organizations and authorities as well as private international organizations in the field of transport.

Alexandria Port Chamber

The Port of Alexandria stil occupies the issues between ports of the Arab Republic of Egypt regarding the volume of traffic, where approximately 60% of Egypts foreign trade is handled through the port of Alexandria. The City of Alexandria is located at the west end of the River Nile between the Mediterranean Sea and Lake Mariot. It is considered the second most important city and the main port in Egypt,