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Turkish Cargo is best cargo brand in Europe
The successful brand of national flag carrier Turkish Airlines, Turkish Cargo is chosen as the best cargo brand of Europe and received “Best Cargo Airline – Europe” award during the Air Cargo News Awards 2020 which was organized for the 36th time this year. Organized on a digital platform for the first time due to the global pandemic, 12 awards met with their winners. Award winners were chosen by the votes cast by experts of supply chain with criteria such as quality, innovation, efficiency, speed, reliability and vision in mind, open to all sector which offers innovative products, services and operations that can help developing air cargo sector further.
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On the award, Turkish Airlines Chairman of the Board and the Executive Committee M. İlker Aycı stated; “Receiving the best cargo airline of Europe award, our cargo brand Turkish Cargo continues to make our country proud by maintaining a sustainable success with its air cargo operations conducted to all over the world. Despite the crises that grip the world such as the current pandemic period, Turkish Cargo continues its success story with more effective solutions by developing and using new technologies and innovative approaches. One of the significant examples of these approaches will be the SmartIST, one of the biggest and most modern air cargo facilities in the world. Located in Istanbul Airport, facility will use technologies such as drones, robotic automation and optimization. With its smart technology developments and digitalization works, our brand will soar to many more achievements. I congratulate our flag carrier air cargo brand and all of our employees that contributed to its success.”
Turkish Cargo is building air cargo bridges between continents
As the fastest growing air cargo brand, Turkish Cargo continued its air cargo operations without any interruptions during this global pandemic period and transported food, aid, medicine, masks and medical equipment to all over the world. Carrying on its works selflessly 24/7 to maintain global medicine supply chain, Turkish Cargo managed to carry 1 out of every 20 air cargo in the world.
Turkish Cargo boasting the widest cargo aircraft network
Boasting the world’s widest direct cargo aircraft network, Turkish Cargo reaches over 300 destinations, 95 of which is direct cargo destinations, and offers its services 24/7 to its customers over its global network.
As the best air cargo brand, Turkish Cargo continues to raise its bar for success every day by combining its wide service range with the unique geographical advantage of Turkey and aims to become one of the top 5 air cargo brands in 2023.
Expert blames food deficit on food loss, waste
Weak consumer goods value chain has led to huge food deficit in South Africa despite the country producing enough food to feed all its people, an expert has observed.
Andy Du Plessis from FoodForward SA says that food loss or waste is a major factor contributing to food deficit in South Africa. But the situation has been worsened by the Covid-19 pandemic that continues to destroy jobs and the economy in general.
Mr Du Plessis notes that about one third of food produced for human consumption in South Africa is lost or wasted.
“Approximately 50% of this food loss takes place during harvesting,” he reveals .
Processing, packaging, distribution and retail account for a further 45% of wasted food. The remaining 5% of food waste is the responsibility of consumers.
Mr Du Plessis Statement
Surplus food is NOT expired food, lower grade food, or rotten food. It is perfectly good food. Because of unforeseen circumstances throughout the food value chain, more than 10 million tons of food is lost or wasted annually. Some examples of why food becomes surplus include:
Overproduction
Poor forecasting
Specification requirements
Incorrectly labelled products
Damaged goods
Errors in manufacturing, packaging or logistics phases
Short-dated products and confusion around date labelling
Sadly, almost all of this good quality edible surplus food is dumped in landfill or incinerated. If timeously intercepted, surplus food can be diverted to address the growing problem of hunger and food poverty across South Africa – which is what FoodForward SA has been doing for more than 11 years now.
We recover edible surplus food from our supply chain partners and redistribute it to registered charities that use the food to make meals for vulnerable people in underserved communities.
