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28 June 2024

Turkish Cargo, transporting perishable goods

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Turkish Cargo presents at Fruit Attraction its more than 40 years of experience in perishables, aware of all the critical points in the transport processes of perishable products, so supersensitive to time and temperature conditions.

As the air cargo brand of Turkish Airlines, Turkish Cargo aims to become the global air cargo hub by leveraging a wide range of services and operational capabilities, combined with Turkey's unique geographical advantage. In line with this goal, Turkish Cargo, as the world's fastest growing air cargo brand, continues to invest in various aspects. Undoubtedly, one of the most prominent investments is in perishables. Undoubtedly, one of the most prominent investments is towards perishable shipments, which are of significant importance to all living things in the world.

Turkish Cargo, with more than 40 years of experience in perishables, is aware of all the critical points in the process of transporting perishable goods, which are highly sensitive to time and temperature conditions. Consequently, perishable cargo operations are carried out in accordance with IATA regulations. Furthermore, it is necessary to sincerely declare that Turkish Cargo operates perishable cargo transports with the high level quality service which also ensures that it is entitled to IATA CEIV certification.

Turkish Cargo offers industrial solutions and has special investments for perishable goods under the TK Fresh Product umbrella. Perishable cargo operations are carried out by the trained and certified TK Fresh Care team at the TK Fresh facility. This TK Fresh facility not only offers commodity-based refrigerated storage, but also an automated refrigerated storage system for 200 ULD aircraft pallets so that the risk of human factors is eliminated.  Ramp transfer operations from the TK Fresh facility to the aircraft are prioritised and operated in accordance with the LIFO (last in, first out) procedure to reduce exposure time to the external environment. In addition, an additional refrigerated dolly solution for perishable shipments is offered for ramp transfer processes at the customer's request. Moreover, while operational processes are carried out in the field, 7/24 customer care is served for any customer request and enquiry.

Turkish Cargo, with its extensive fleet and network, its product-oriented and quality-based approach, its industrial solutions and its experience, is ready to transport your precious handcrafted products all over the world.