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member of transinvest

The TransInvest Group

our management consists of people of various nation-alities, traditions and cultural backgrounds. this diver-sity has enabled us to develop into a multi-national and multi-cultural conglomerate.

today the transinvest Group is an internationally operating group of approx. 130 independent com-panies under the umbrella of a joint holding. the his-torically grown focus of the Group‘s activities lies on the transportation and logistics sector, with a special emphasis on business in europe and asia. However, the functional competencies also comprise financial services, investments, real estate and consulting.

We are convinced that steady growth can only be gen-erated through diversification and a modern business

approach. it is our continual aim to explore and develop new business opportunities.

We have an understanding of different cultures and we are open in our acceptance of different values. our dia-logue of cultures is not only beneficial for our business, but also offers a positive social contribution.

Werner AlbertChairman

Yousef SherkatiChief Executive Officer

PTB a member of TransInvest

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member of transinvest

Werner Albert, Chairman TransInvestWerner albert is at the helm of the Group´s board of Directors with its interna-tionally widespread companies. the head office of the transinvest Group is in st. Gallen, switzerland. early on, Werner albert, who had learned the transpor-tation and logistics business from the ground up, focused on the “transport & logistics” sectors of the transinvest Group.

albert’s other focus lies on business going east - to eastern europe, to russia, to Central asia and the far east.

in this context, Werner albert is especially committed to developing the trans-continental land bridge between northern and Western europe and the iran on the one hand, and the Pacific on the other. in his function as President of the association of european trans-siberia forwarders and operators Geto and as vice-Chairman of the international Coordinating Council on transsiberian transportation CCtt – functions that he has been holding for years now –, Werner albert has been very successful in promoting a better use of the trans-siberian rail corridor.

Yousef Sherkati, CEO TransInvestfor Yousef sherkati, too, transportation and logistics are a profession and a vocation at the same time. sherkati began his career in 1964 by working for the family company in tehran, Ptb Perse international forwarding Co. in 1970, sherkati came to europe and expanded his international transportation know-how while working for militzer & münch, Ptb’s co-operation partner. in the late 1970s, his professional development led him to a new function: He became the President of the Ptb Group.

the 1980s saw a closing of ranks between Ptb and militzer & münch, and in 1988, sherkati followed the call of becoming managing Director of m&m aG in st. Gallen, switzerland. Within a very short period of time, he set up a group of companies, which today is active in almost every country in eastern europe, Central asia, the far east, as well as countries of the maghreb re-gion. in 2001, the various companies were united under the umbrella of the transinvest Holding, with Yousef sherkati as Ceo and member of the board of Directors.

Yousef SherkatiChief Executive Officer

TransInvest Group Board of Directors

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in 1961, the new transport route by truck from europe to iran which militzer & münch had already pio-neered the previous year, proved to be a viable alternative to mari-time and rail shipping. in June of 1961, i accompanied the 50th truck departing from munich and bound for tehran. at that time, the incoming shipments were transferred at the iranian bor-der onto local trucks.

it became evident that a reliable partner was needed in iran to fa-cilitate customs procedures and local transportation.

mr. Wolfgang Koch of militzer & münch was fortunate in gaining the support of the cooperation of mr. seyed mehdi Kahnamoui. as a result, Perse transport bar Co. Ltd. was established. Due to the increasing scope of activities, specialised subsidiaries were ad-ditionally created, which altogeth-er comprise what is today known as Ptb Group.

from the beginning managers of new subsidiaries received share-holdings and thus contributed to the rapid expansion and founding success of the company.

the attribute „architects of trans-port“, which was coined by fiata in the 1960’s, did and does still apply to the Ptb Group; this is evident from several milestones in the company’s history and present-day activities.

it is a real pleasure to see the on-going drive for innovation within the Group. the once dominant busi-ness activities of 30 and 40 years ago constitute only a fraction of the present-day turnover. since then, new logistical fields have been con-sistently sought, culminating in the Ptb Group becoming a recognized leader in organizing transit ship-ments, airline representation and terminal operations in particular.

introducing a new concept, the Ptb Group is now sharing its diverse experience by providing manage-ment capacities and proven logisti-cal techniques to other entities and partners in the logistics sector.

the iranian government´s emphasis on developing the transport infra-structure and its continuing effort to connect all neighbouring countries to the iranian railway network offers an unprecedented opportunity for further development.

it is my belief that the Ptb Group, its managers and its staff, both mo-tivated and creative, have the pros-pect of a bright future in a constantly changing world by keeping up with the brisk pace of innovation.

With warmest regards

Hans-Joachim seifert

Hans-Joachim SeifertHans-Joachim seifert has been connected with militzer & münch since 1953, when he began wor-king with m&m regensburg, Ger-many. in the early sixties, after stages in new York (1959) and Hamburg (1960), Hans-Joachim seifert and his wife moved to tehr-an as m&m Delegate. Later on he joined Ptb.

in the 1960s and 1970s, he con-tributed significantly to transports to iran via the trans-siberian route. initially, such transports were con-ventional, but they were soon suc-ceeded by container traffic.

in 1980 mr. seifert and his family returned to europe. in the following years he founded m&m militzer & münch aG (1980), transinvest Hol-ding aG (1984) as well as m&m militzer & münch international Hol-ding aG (1985) in switzerland, which set the tone for the future.

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Mr. Akbar Saremi50 years with PTB Group

akbar saremi joined Ptb Perse transport bar already in october 1961 as accounting and finance manager. before that, he had worked in private companies, where he was responsible for accounting, and as a director of the private banking group, Pars bank. throughout the 50 years of cooperation with the Ptb Group, he was always in charge of its fi-nancial affairs and was member of the board of directors of vari-ous Group companies.

Mr. Parviz Golabi33 years with PTB Group

Parviz Golabi started working part-time in Ptb as a college stu-dent in 1967 and later, during the 1970’s, he was part of the pio-neering team of the iran contain-erization. after living in the Usa in the 1980’s, he again joined Ptb in 1992. since 1995, he has been managing Director of Ptb and member of the board of the Group, responsible for the busi-ness strategy and the develop-ment of new fields of activities for the whole Group.

Mr. Ebrahim Dehghan32 years with PTB Group

ebrahim Dehghan joined the Group in July 1979 as senior Consultant to the board of di-rectors. When he joined Ptb, he brought with him 3 years of experience in the private sec-tor and 4 years of experience in semi-government organiza-tions (iei). in 1974, he obtained his mba degree from Harvard business school, iran branch (iCms). ever since, he has held various managerial positions within the Ptb Group.

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A brief look into the history of the company

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1961 Perse International Forwarding Company was established.

1967 Commencement of Trans Si-berian Rail Service Far East / Djulfa (Iranian border station with former USSR) for conventional cargoes.

1970 Commencement of Trans Siberian Rail Service Far East / Iran for container transportation.

Ptb Group was originally founded in 1961 by the late Mr. Seyed Mehdi Kahnemoui as Perse transport bar (Ptb), a transport company mainly focused on import/export of cargo from/to europe and iran.

mr. s.m. Kahnemoui started his transport career in 1941 by transporting dry fruit produced by family organizations via rail from Djulfa to europe.

after becoming a founding partner in the trucking and bus company shargh and establishing inland trucking companies noe bashary in tabriz and Kahnamoui in Khorramshar and Customs Clearance agency in tabriz and Djulfa, he continued his career in international transportation as agent of Cargo & shipping company in azerbaijan, which led him to connections with m&m militzer & münch and to establishing Ptb. mr. Kahnemoui was the founder of the iranian international transport Companies syndicate and its secretary General until 1357 (1978).

Mr. Seyed Mehdi Kahnemoui

InTernaTIonal TransPorT and loGIsTIcs servIce In Iran

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Ptb toDaY - GroUP ComPanies

the company is completely pri-vately owned. With over 600 em-ployees working in iran, Ptb is one of the largest and most expe-rienced freight forwarders in this country.

Ptb has its own branch offices at 15 border stations and in ma-jor iranian cities and, in addition, maintains representative offices in other parts of the country. it of-fers international freight forwarding

services, trucking, terminal opera-tions and logistics, port handling, as well as tour and travel services.

PTB today

Perse InternatIonal ForwarDIng Co. (PtB)>> forwarding & Logistics

tehran ContaIner termInal Co. (tCt)>> terminal operations

IranIan InternatIonal transPort Co. (IItC)>> trucking

ContaIner shIPPIng Co. (ConshIP)>> Port Handling

hava Darya travel agenCy Co. (aIr sea)>> tour & travel agency

A brief look into the history of the company

1971 Subsidiary Conship Limited was established.

1972 Tehran Container Terminal, as first Iran private bonded terminal, was established.

1973 Establishing the first dry con-tainer terminal in Iran (Tehran).

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Ptb toDaY - branCHes

>> agh Gala (Pol)

>> astara

>> badjgiran

>> bandar abbas

>> bandar anzali

>> bandar imam Khomeini

>> bazargan

>> Djulfa

>> isfahan

>> Lotfabad

>> mashad

>> sarakhs

>> tabriz

>> tayebad

Iran

tehran

Persian gulf

Caspian sea

1974 Acquisition of American Eastern Khoramshar Shipping Agency (renamed ISS Iran Shipping Services).

1974 Commenced first regular con-tainer line, calling Iranian ports. Joint Service between Conship and Jeuro Japan „Jeuro Line“ between Far East and Bandar Iman Kho-meini.

1975 Conship Container Termi-nal, as first Iranian Port Terminal, was established in Bandar Iman Khomeini.

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faCiLities

the head office of Ptb is located in the centre of one of the most renowned business districts of tehran. the building has approx. 1200 sqm office space.

the office offers all of today’s standard it and telecommunica-tions equipment.

Head offIce

1976 Subsidiary Iran Ship-ping Ltd. was established.

1981 Acquisition of Ameaster Tank-er – company handling Tankers at all major Iranian Oil Port (renamed Iran Tanker Services).

1992 Opening of Iranian transit route to CIS.

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since its establishment, innova-tions and investments in technol-ogy, terminals and manpower have always been the foundation of Ptb‘s success in the transport market.

Tehran Container TerminaltCt is the terminal operator of the Ptb Group in iran. tCt was founded in 1972 and since then has built and operated over 1.3 million sqm of customs bonded and container terminals and warehouses in iranian ports, inland cities and on borders.

Container Shipping Co.Conship was established in 1971 as the first container transportation company in iran. in 2006 Conship restarted its activities, focusing on sea and dry ports, including investment, design, construction and management, mainly in iranian ports, and inland container termi-nals as well as door to door con-tainer logistics services.

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1993 Establishment of TCT bonded terminal in Lotfabad. Opening of transit route for CIS cotton via Bandar Abbas.

1995 Establishment of TCT cotton terminal in Bandar Abbas.

1999 Completion of new 100’000 sqm of TCT cotton terminal in Bandar Abbas.

bandar abbas shahid rejaie Port

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the Ptb cotton terminal was built at the shahid rajaee Port complex, bandar abbas, in 1999. the termi-nal has its own railway siding and is thus connected to the national railway net. the area measures 100'000 sqm; it has two ware-houses with 12'000 sqm each, and a 450 m long concrete platform for wagons and trucks, where 30 wagons per working shift can be handled. the daily capacity: 3'500 tons of cargo.

Bandar abbas mulTI-PurPose TermInal: coTTon

a state-of-the-art container termi-nal at the heart of bandar abbas container port (shahid rajaee): Here, 120'000 teUs of container-ized goods are handled per year. the terminal complex has its own railway siding and is equipped with modern facilities and container handling equipment.

Bandar abbas mulTI-PurPose TermInal: conTaIner

2000 Appointed as Exclu-sive Sales Agent in Iran for Lufthansa Cargo.

2001 Iran Shipping reactivated with two general cargo river/sea vessels for Caspian Sea trade.

Completion of Bandar Anzali gen-eral cargo terminal at the heart of Bandar Anzali port.

2001 Appointed as General Sales Agent (GSA) in Iran for British Air-ways World Cargo.

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this terminal is under construc-tion in an 80'000 sqm area with 5'000 m of private railway, utilizing three rail mounted gantry cranes with an annual loading/discharge capacity of 350'000 teU. it is unique in iran and will have a remarkable role to play when using railway for moving containers in and out of the country and Cis region.

Bandar abbas raIl conTaIner TermInal

Ptb provides management services to 100'000 sqm full con-tainer terminal of south shipping Line (ssL) located in shahid ra-jaie Port Complex.

With an annual turnover of 130’000 teUs, this terminal provides vari-ous storage and logistics services to ssL customers, thanks to con-tainer management skills, it facili-ties, and container handling equip-ment such as 3 rtGs and 2 reach stackers.

Bandar abbas souTH sHIPPInG lIne TermInal

2002 Appointed as General Sales Agent (GSA) in Iran for Lufthansa Cargo.

2003 Completion of additional 60’000 sqm extension of TCT Bandar Abbas state-of-the-art Container Terminal (total 200’000 sqm terminal).

2004 Appointed as General Sales Agent (GSA) in Iran for Singapore Airlines Cargo.

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2005 Appointed as Sales Agent in Iran for Qatar Airways Cargo.

2008 Appointed as Cargo General Sales Agent (GSA) in Iran for British Midland Airways (bmi).

2009 Appointed as Cargo General Sales Agent (GSA) in Iran for China Southern Airlines.

Ptb provides design, construction and operation management for this state-of-the-art terminal. this terminal is under construction on an area of 250'000 sqm, with 450 m of private railway and a daily cargo handling capacity of 3'000 tons. a platform of 14 m width and 450 m length will enable conventional wagons to be discharged directly to containers and vice versa. in addition, two hangars of 3'000 sqm each are being construct-ed on the platform for discharging, storing and loading of conventional wagons, one 10'000 sqm distribution warehouse and one strip & stuff yard.this terminal also has a capacity of handling 170'000 full containers and 40'000 reefer containers annually.

Bandar abbas sIlver lIne conTaIner TermInal

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this unique terminal is designed and under contract for construction to handle grain arriving from Cis by bulk rail cars to vessels. the terminal will enable utilization of iranian route for ex-port of Cis grains to Persian Gulf and neighboring countries.

Bandar abbas raIl sTaTIon sHunTInG Yard Bulk TermInal

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2010 Appointed as Tehran Shahriar Custom Rail Con-tainer Terminal and Warehouse Management.

2011 Investment and Construction of Iran First Rail/Container Terminal in Bandar Abbas (80'000 sqm).

2011 Appointed as Cargo General Sales Agent (GSA) in Iran for Pegasus Airlines.

Fifty year anniversary of PTB.

Large volumes of bulk cargo need a practical and economical mode of transportations, meaning rail. this has motivated Ptb Group to design and invest in this project in the port of shahid rajaie.this terminal will be specialized for discharging one million tons of bulk cargo from bulk carrying wagons directly to containers. the strategic location of shahid rajaie Port and the availability of empty return con-tainers makes it possible to load bulk cargo into dry containers for all destinations, including the far east.

Bandar abbas raIl Bulk TermInal

the management of the container terminal of tehran Customs Com-plex includes sections for full con-tainer terminal, general cargo and logistics services.

100‘000 sqm of rail-linked container terminal and five covered warehous-es of 30‘000 sqm for bonded cargo have made this one of the Group´s most important projects in tehran.

Tehran TeHran (sHaHrIar) cusToms TermInal

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means Iran

iran belongs to the key countries along the historical silk road, which is over 2000 years old and used to link the mediterranean area with eastern asia. one of the main routes came from what is today called turkmenistan and crossed over the iranian border at sarakhs. the way led through rey, a south-ern suburb of the modern metropo-lis, tehran, and a transit hub of the trading route at the time.

to this day, iran plays a leading role as a transit country between europe and asia. for example, the truck route from Central europe to turkmenistan and Uzbekistan runs through turkey and via the iranian customs checkpoints of bazargan, badjgiran and sarakhs. by far the most important trading harbors are bandar abbas and bandar imam Khomeini on the Persian Gulf and bandar anzali on the Caspian sea. almost half of the Uzbek cotton exports, amongst others, are proc-essed through bandar abbas.

During the past years, there has been a revival of the comprehen-sive road network between europe and asia. important transportation projects have been launched along the five main corridors, and many others are to follow. this requires the further development of the in-frastructure as well as experienced and reliable experts in transport lo-gistics.

the Ptb Group is one of them. thanks to its creative ideas and courageous entrepreneurship, Ptb has made a big difference in the transportation market during its 50-year old history, and will continue to do so in the future.

Population: approx. 72 Mio.

Capital: Tehran [7'352'000]

Total size: 1'648'000 km2

Land size: 1'636'000 km2

Water: 12'000 km2

Currency: Rial (IRR)

GDP (ppp): $ 827.1 billion

GDP (official exchange rate): $ 330.5 billion

GDP per capita: $ 4'460

Main Economic Sectors:- Oil and Natural Gas- Agriculture- Manufacturing: - Steel - Automotives - Food Products - Petrochemicals - Financial (state and private)

//////////////////////////////////////The landscape of Iran stretches from hot desert plains to regions with a mild-er climate, from everlasting snow to subtropical coastal regions. Iran has many neighbors – it shares its northern border with Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and the Caspian Sea, its western borders are with Turkey and Iraq; the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman form the southern border, and to the east lie Pakistan and Afghanistan.

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