Pets of accurate transportation – air cargo week
The transfer of flowers and plants requires accurate dealing due to their sensitive nature. Through the global network, cargo processors are needed to provide flower transportation services from end to tip, with a cool, specialized storage to maintain strict temperature management and the safety of the cold chain.
To connect customers, Menzies Aviation works through a number of main centers for the import and export of flowers; Including Jumo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO) in Nairobi, Amsterdam Sheephoul Airport (AMS) in the Netherlands, and Jose Maria Condova International Airport (MDE) in Colombia.
“The main export markets include Europe, the Middle East, the Far East and South Africa, where the Netherlands, Ecuador, Colombia, Kenya, and Ethiopia were identified among the largest peak flowers. In peak times, our teams send flowers to Australia!”
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Air care
As with any damageable goods, flowers are time and temperature sensitive. It requires fast and safe delivery to maintain its quality. Fresh flowers, in particular, have a short lifetime, and although this makes them ideal for transporting air cargo, they require specific transport conditions of refrigerated coolers, specialized packaging and more. This makes maintenance of the cold chain and reduce loading/discharge during the necessary shipping connections.
“Getting the package properly not only protects the product’s fragility, but also allows the cold spinning to maintain quality and freshness,” the most prominent Pine. “Packaging and packaging is also the key to meeting the expected standards through the markets we make, such as the European Union.”
Another global challenge is the economic background. The high prices naturally followed an increase in the production costs driven by inflation, and this has led to a decrease in the demand for consumer. This, in addition to increasing shipping costs caused by capacity challenges on specific trade routes, may pressure the sector.
“The size and ability are definitely affected by shipping prices,” Payne explained. “The high luxury of inflation and capacity restrictions is undoubtedly among the main challenges that currently affect the flower transport sector.
“As a result of these economic factors, customers give priority to value for money, and often pushes transport companies to work in high -yielding roads, such as China.
“We have seen a move towards the sources of products than the geographically closer to the market concerned, thus reducing the cost of shipping,” Payne continued.
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Competitive market
There have been three noticeable changes in the flower transport sector in recent years: First, Sea Freight has grown significantly, and this competition has led to the increase in the criteria and improving the service they provide to customers. Second, the focus on improving sustainability had a major impact on what goods treatments do, and how they do so. For example, the use of environmentally friendly containers has become the base. Finally, there was a major transformation of manual solutions to digital solutions through the entire supply chain, while increasing the times of treatment and general efficiency as a result.
“AirFeright will continue playing a major role in the flower transport sector, with a focus on providing high -quality, safe and sustainable services,” Pain stated. “The cut flower industry has grown significantly, as well as the need to reduce the environmental impact of the transfer of damageable goods, at cold temperatures, all over the world.
“We are working in a very competitive market, so achieving the highest standards in our operations is necessary to improve future growth,” Payne added.
