DIARIO DEL PUERTO COLD CHAIN LOGISTICS - FRUIT LOGISTICA 2022 16 RAÚL TÁRREGA The easing of the pandemic is gradually giving logistics cold chain players some breathing space. Logistics operators and cold storage facilities, on the one hand, and specialised hauliers, on the other, have managed to improve on the 2020 figures, although this is not especially reassuring for the sector. While it is true that overall figures show growth, they are not entirely real, as rising costs are impeding improvements in the bottom line. High electricity and fuel prices are leaving less and less room for companies to undertake new projects. Although in the last two years, much work has been to adapt, logistics operators and haul iers are facing structural problems in a critical situation that has been dragging on since before the pandemic. Shipping companies, for their part, are maintaining their high profit margins, though they are not oblivious to the hectic times in the logistics cold chain. With their reefer fleet at historic lows and high investments required to renew their vessels and adapt them to new environmental regulations, the major shipping multinationals are using new technologies and process digitalisation to bring added value to a market segment that customers are increasingly focusing on. FINGERS CROSSED All the links in the logistics cold chain agree that 2021 was better than 2020, though they point out that the situation is still critical.
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