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of Etihad's total perishables volume. Meat
and fish come in second, making up close
to one-third of the total volume, says Panza.
"Top destinations for fresh products include
India, Kenya and the Netherlands."
Etihad Cargo is exploring the utilisation of
artificial intelligence to improve forecasting
and automation to enhance current capac-
ity and capabilities to support the sector’s
UAE or be handed over to the consignee at of the product with temperature checks growth. "We will continue to enhance our
Abu Dhabi Airport, making the end-to-end taken at key locations, offering our clients full temperature-controlled infrastructure includ-
journey of perishables easier and safer," transparency and traceability of shipments." ing facilities, storage and transportation
adds Panza. "Our expanded fresh facility is solutions. We will also invest in advanced
IATA CEIV Fresh-certified, which gives our Growth areas technologies such as real-time monitoring
customers confidence that Etihad Cargo’s The seafood commodity has been the fastest systems and data analytics to ensure even
commercial activities and operations ad- growing commodity in the last three years greater visibility and control over the trans-
here to the highest industry standards and for Kuehne+Nagel, according to Verkooy. portation process, using developments in
they can trust that Etihad Cargo’s Fresh- "Since we acquired Salmosped in Norway, the pharma supply chain as an enabler in the
Forward product provides the fresh, fast, we saw our footprint grow in this vertical transportation of perishables."
simple and efficient features they need commodity and we now have a solid pres- Fresh shipments have always been an
from their air cargo partner of choice. ence and service offering. We are also heavily important part of Cathay Cargo solutions,
"Additionally, all Etihad Cargo’s cool rooms involved in protein substitutes such as plant- adds Iyer. "With the recovery of passen-
are equipped with alarmed temperature- based products. We see continued develop- ger flights, we have been able to regain
monitoring systems and are calibrated on ment from multiple countries in this area and and establish new Fresh business from all
a regular basis. Every critical control point we need to support those manufacturers in around the world. The perishables sector
throughout the perishables’ journey is this relatively new sector." is expected to stay strong with increasing
checked and recorded to ensure the integrity Fruit and vegetables make up 40 percent demand worldwide." 

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