ColdHubs, has unveiled five units, 20-tonnes refrigerated trucks into its refrigeration transportation services in Nigeria.
The five additional refrigerated trucks make it a total of seven trucks ColdHubs is deploying to ensure the safe transportation, storage and distribution of temperature-sensitive products.
Speaking at the “Launch, Showcase and Induction” of the trucks in Lagos Nigeria, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of ColdHubs, Mr Nnaemeka Ikegwuonu, said that it’s innovation solutions was aimed at reducing food spoilage at key points along the food supply chain.
Ikegwuonu said that the core goal of its refrigerated transportation services is to ensure the safe transportation, storage and distribution of temperate sensitive products such as fresh fruits and vegetables, meat, dairy produce, seafood, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, flowers, wines and other perishable goods.
He said that the trucks offered global standard refrigerated transportation pick-up and delivery for the aforementioned items across Nigeria and West Africa, always maintaining the integrity of all products.
The CEO noted that the state-of-the art refrigerated trucks were insured and equipped with the latest tracking devices that keep the temperature of the product in check , control the activities of the drivers and reporta performance to customers in real time.
“Our services maintain the integrity of your products 100 percent
“It increases your operational efficiency, increases production rates, inventory control and increases your customer and supplier satisfaction and experience,” Ikegwuonu said.
He stressed that the need to expand into refrigerated trucks came on the demand of its customers.
“Most of our customers came and said, " Listen, it’s not enough to have cold rooms. We also need trucks that will move our products from those cozy rooms to our destination.
“So we tried initially with a van and it was successful. This is just the beginning of what we want to do.
“You know, what we want to do is to connect the whole cold chain so that you have refrigerated warehouses, you have the trucks and you have packaging materials, ” Ikegwuonu said.
He said that plans have been concluded to add more fleets to the trucks before the year runs out.
“So, the trucks that we are showcasing today are really to show that it is possible to have refrigerated trucks running in Nigeria for public use”.
“We also thank our partners King Philanthropic for their contributions and partnership towards reducing spoilage in the food supply chain in Africa ''.
He added that ColdHubs aim at eliminating the impact of food spoilage facing 470 million smallholder farmers globally due to lack of reliability and we’ll locate cold storage at key points within the food supply chain.
Highlights of the events was the official showcasing and induction of the trucks into ColdHubs refrigeration transportation services.
The President of Organisation for Technology Advancement of Cold Chain in West Africa, Mr. Alexandr Isong revealed that the level of Cold chain operation in Nigeria is at its birth and growth stage.
Isong applauded the CEO of ColHubs for investing his resources and knowledge in the industry.