The Freight Transportation Industry Comes Together For Annual Meeting to Discuss e-Commerce SINGAPORE, July 18 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- The Copthorne Waterfront, Singapore is the setting for the long awaited "E-commerce for Freight Transportation" conference and exhibition to be held on October 18-20 this year (www.eyefortransport.com). Hundreds of attendee's are expected to congregate to hear from over 40 top-class speakers, representing companies such as Singapore Airlines, DHL, American President Lines, Lufthansa Cargo, K Line, Emirates, MSAS Global Logistics, Cathay Pacific, BAX Global, Celarix, Cargo-Web, Bolero.net, Gf-x and Portsnportals. A free focused exhibition will be open to shippers and freight transportation executives and will bring together exhibits from the giants to the more specific niche players and the online freight service providers, a superb opportunity to evaluate the latest e-business products and services. A plethora of online marketplaces and auctions within the freight industry will be represented through a unique roundtable which brings together those leading the online revolution to answer questions from the conference attendees. "The whole spectrum of the transportation industry across the entire length of the supply-chain will be in Singapore for this event. It will certainly be the place where the future direction of the freight transportation industry is defined!" says Richard Willeter, the events director at EyeForTransport ([email protected]). The "E-commerce for Freight Transportation" event is part of a worldwide series that began with conferences in New Orleans and Barcelona in 1999. The second North American conference was held in Las Vegas during June 2000 and was a complete sell-out with 460 attendee's, 70 speakers and 30 exhibitors! After Singapore the series will follow onto Amsterdam and Miami for conferences later in the year. About First Conferences and EyeforTransport.com First Conferences creates and produces cutting-edge Internet and e-commerce events around the world. EyeforTransport.com is wholly owned by First Conferences and provides a powerful online resource for the freight transport industry which offers daily e-commerce transportation industry news, a weekly email newsletter, an online transportation marketplace directory and the latest presentations from the events online. SOURCE: EyeForTransport.com CONTACT: Richard Willeter, Conference Director of EyeForTransport.com, +44-20-73757571, or fax, +44-20-73757511, or [email protected] Web Site: http://www.eyefortransport.com -END-