On November 16-17 the 1st International Black Sea Container Summit of 2007 took place in Odessa. The big conference hall of Londonskaya hotel accommodated more than 140 participants from 17 countries. The top-managers of freight forwarding companies, seaports & representatives of the state organizations of the transport area participated in the summit. The event was dated for opening of the new container terminal in Illichevsk seaport that is considered the Ukrainian sea gate for ocean container lines.

The participants of the summit discussed the situation in container forwarding in the Black Sea that is a point of interest for European and other countries. The organizers noted invariably high level of service and thanked Londonskaya hotel for hospitality.