Transport sector hosts 8th annual CargoM Career Day

Speakers at the opening of CargoM’s Career Day:
Mr. Pierre Fitzgibbon, Minister of Economy, Innovation and Energy; Ms. Karine Boivin Roy, Assistant to the Cabinet of Ms. Kateri Champagne Jourdain, Minister for Employment; Ms. Sophie Mauzerolle, City Councillor, Borough of Ville-Marie, member of the executive committee, responsible for transportation and mobility et Mr. Mathieu Charbonneau, Executive Director, CargoM (CNW Group/CargoM)

MONTREAL — CargoM, the Logistics and Transportation Metropolitan Cluster of Montreal, held its 8th Annual Career Day at the Port of Montreal’s Grand Quay Pavilion on Wednesday.

The event promotes careers and training in the logistics and freight transport sector. This sector accounts for over 6,000 companies and close to 130,000 direct and indirect jobs.

Over thirty-five exhibitors were there to fill 900+ positions in a wide range of jobs in logistics and in marine, road, rail and airport transport. Several educational institutions were also on site to showcase the vocational, technical and university training courses related to the sector.

Nearly 400 attendees came to check out the key players in this sector. CargoM Career Day was made possible through the financial participation of the Quebec government and the involvement of partners such as the Montreal Port Authority, the PME MTL Centre-Est and the Fonds de solidarité FTQ.

“The Ministère des Transports et de la Mobilité durable is fortunate that it can count on CargoM to collaborate in its activities. If moving goods from point A to point B in an area such as Montreal seems easy, it’s because the logistics and transportation players work in concert and develop a cohesive vision of movement,” said Geneviève Guilbault, Deputy Premier and Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility. “Our government will continue to support CargoM to keep the supply chain competitive while making it greener and even better performing.”