ASCAME, the Consorci Zona Franca and the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce, with the collaboration of ICEX and the European programme Invest in Med, organised on 2nd and 3rd June 2009 the 7th edition of the Mediterranean Logistics and Transport Forum on the occasion of the International Logistics and Transport Trade Fair (SIL). The forum took place under the Patronage of the former Egyptian Minister of Transport, Mr. Mansour. This event played host to the main national, regional and international players of the sector in the Mediterranean region as well as numerous personalities. More than 280 businesses from 14 Mediterranean countries participated in it and 300 business meetings were organized, at least 60 of which had promising follow ups.

 This Forum, entitled”Towards a Mediterranean logistics community”, insisted on the importance of the creation of a multimodal transport system. A report on the situation of cooperation in matters of transport in the Mediterranean region was drawn up. This forum provided new impetus to cooperation between Euro-Mediterranean transport systems in the context of the Union for the Mediterranean and was a forerunner in the preparation of the Med Ports initiative launched by Invest in Med in 2010.