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COVER STORY<br />
andmaritime reefer containers,”<br />
MarketsandMarkets noted.<br />
In the frozen cold chain market,<br />
dairy and frozen desserts will drive<br />
the highest percentage of growth due<br />
t o t h e i r n e e d f o r c o n s t a n t<br />
temperature control. The market is<br />
growing for these items especially in<br />
China where the government<br />
encourages daily consumption as<br />
main source of protein.<br />
“Dairy & frozen desserts are<br />
witnessing high demand due to<br />
e c o n o m i c g r o w t h a n d r a p i d<br />
u r b a n i z a t i o n , a l o n g w i t h<br />
sophisticated marketing channels,<br />
which have led to significant changes<br />
in dietary patterns. Government<br />
guidelines in China state that milk is a<br />
major source of calcium and protein,<br />
and recommend regular milk<br />
consumption, which has led to milk<br />
a n d d a i r y p r o d u c t s b e i n g<br />
incorporated into the daily diet of<br />
consumers,” the report said.<br />
In 2017, ice cream, meat and<br />
seafood which required temperatures<br />
ranging between -<strong>18</strong> °C to -<br />
24 °C (-0.4 °F to -11.2 °F) drove the<br />
cold chain market to new growth.<br />
Humanitarian cargo<br />
When natural disasters strike, the<br />
air freight industry is also tapped to<br />
quickly and effectively deliver food,<br />
medicines, shelter and other supplies<br />
to victims.<br />
In conflict zones, the weight is also<br />
on the industry to deliver vital life<br />
sustaining supplies. The United<br />
Nations says the world is facing the<br />
largest humanitarian crisis since its<br />
creation with more than 165 million<br />
people in over 40 countries in need of<br />
i n t e r n a t i o n a l h u m a n i t a r i a n<br />
assistance. Across the world, over 815<br />
million people are hungry and more<br />
than half of them are living in<br />
countries at war.<br />
In 2016, the UN served 164.2<br />
million people in 47 countries in need<br />
of humanitarian assistance with the<br />
majority located in just three<br />
countries—Yemen 21.2 million; Syria<br />
13.5 million, and; Iraq 10.4 million.<br />
Yemen and Syria remain major<br />
concerns for the UN with just a<br />
Required Temperatures<br />
ice<br />
cream<br />
Seafood<br />
Meat<br />
Range between<br />
-<strong>18</strong> °C to -24 °C<br />
fraction of those in need helped due<br />
to logistical challenge and limited<br />
funding.<br />
Responding to these crises on a<br />
global scale requires methodical and<br />
systematic operation that requires<br />
rigid security and cooperation<br />
between aid agencies, organizations,<br />
air freight carriers, forwarders and<br />
countries.<br />
Air freight plays a pivotal role in the<br />
delivery of food, medical supplies,<br />
shelter and other relief goods in<br />
conflict zones and this is particularly<br />
c h a l l e n g i n g i n a r e a s w h e r e<br />
infrastructures have been destroyed<br />
or under attack.<br />
Away from the war zones, the UN<br />
must also provide for over a million<br />
Rohingya Muslims who began fleeing<br />
Myanmar by boat or on foot with<br />
barely any belongings to neighboring<br />
B a n g l a d e s h a f t e r a m i l i t a r y<br />
crackdown in August 2017 that led to<br />
thousands of deaths and reports of<br />
rape and sexual abuse among women<br />
and girls.<br />
The UN, which described the<br />
military offensive in Myanmar's<br />
Rakhine state where the Rohingyas<br />
are deeply rooted as a “textbook<br />
example of ethnic cleaning” says it<br />
needs US$12.83 million to feed the<br />
refugees every month with rice,<br />
lentils, yellow split peas, vegetable oil<br />
and other food essentials flown by air<br />
freight carriers.<br />
Managed by the World Food<br />
Program, the United Nations<br />
Humanitarian Service (UNHAS)<br />
mainly deliver humanitarian aid to<br />
different countries operating more<br />
than 92 chartered planes, 20 ships<br />
and 5,000 trucks on a daily basis.<br />
The world's largest humanitarian<br />
aid logistics hub, the International<br />
Humanitarian City, is located in Dubai<br />
hosting nine United Nations agencies<br />
and over 40 NGOs, making the<br />
emirate a vital link in facilitating first<br />
responses at a global scale to conflict<br />
zones and disaster areas in all corners<br />
of the world.<br />
The International Air Transport<br />
Authority (IATA) described air cargo as<br />
“a trade facilitator that contributes to<br />
global economic development and<br />
creates millions of jobs. The global<br />
economy depends on the ability to<br />
deliver high-quality products at<br />
competitive prices to consumers<br />
worldwide. Air cargo transports over<br />
US$6 trillion wor th of goods,<br />
accounting for approximately 35% of<br />
world trade by value” but in recent<br />
times its role had expanded to saving<br />
lives in areas where there are poverty<br />
and conflict.<br />
Apart from food, the industry plays<br />
a crucial role in transpor ting<br />
medicines and vaccines to save lives<br />
in Africa and other parts of the world.<br />
Many major carriers support this<br />
move.<br />
“The World Health Organization<br />
e s t i m a tes t h a t i m m u n i z a t i o n<br />
programs will prevent more than 4<br />
million annual child deaths by 20<strong>18</strong>.<br />
Air cargo is critical in flying these<br />
temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals<br />
in the best conditions, using<br />
cutting-edge technologies and<br />
procedures,” said IATA.
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