Moscow, Online Webinar
Webinar «Features of ColdChain Logistics for Beverages» within the CCTT ColdChain Project on the WorldFood Connect Platform
The webinar brought together producers, distributors, logistics providers, retail representatives, and exporters of beverages requiring temperature control during transportation.
Alexandra Kivich, Head of the World Food Connect Project (ITE Group), moderated the meeting.
Mikhail Goncharov, Secretary General of the International Coordination Council for Trans-Eurasian Transportation (CCTT), delivered the opening remarks.
Key Topics and Discussion Outcomes
The event featured successful business cases on maintaining required temperature conditions in the international beverage supply chain and addressed the following key issues:
- Beverage transportation geography
- Partnership between producers, distributors, and logistics providers
- Transportation conditions in refrigerated containers by rail
- Expediting non-alcoholic beverages
- Technological trends and innovations for ensuring uninterrupted cold chain (UCC) in beverage transportation
- Risk assessment
Speakers’ Presentations
Alexey Filatov, Deputy Commercial Director for Business Development at Dalreftrans LLC (FESCO Transport Group), presented the company’s logistics solutions for perishable goods.
In his speech, Alexey Filatov emphasized the company’s continuous refrigerated fleet renewal and service development, adapting to current market conditions and client demands. Special attention is paid to temperature regime compliance and transportation quality assurance.
Artem Vaskanyan, Deputy General Director for Logistics at NC Logistic, discussed comprehensive solutions in non-alcoholic beverage expediting. He noted the growing demand for multimodal transportation and the need to adapt infrastructure to specific product requirements. He emphasized the importance of a comprehensive approach to selecting a logistics partner and warned against focusing solely on minimal service costs, which could pose serious risks to product quality and company reputation.
Additional comments were provided by:
Evgeny Peshkov, Head of Transportation Conditions Department, Freight Commercial Operations Department, CFTO, Russian Railways
Samane Alipour, General Director of Behineh Tarabar Azhour — International Railway Transport and Logistics
Outcomes and Conclusions
The participants noted:
- Growing demand for reliable logistics solutions for beverages with strict temperature requirements
- Importance of partnership between producers, distributors, and logistics providers to optimize supply chains
- Potential of automation, AI, and blockchain for increasing logistics transparency and efficiency
- Need for infrastructure and technology investments to meet international standards
The event on the WorldFood Connect platform confirmed its role as a key platform for dialogue between food industry players and the logistics sector. Participants expressed readiness for further experience exchange and joint project development.
