A Qianjiang crayfish that catches water in the morning can appear on the dining tables of Wuhan citizens at night.
At the largest crayfish trading and logistics center in the country, the reporter saw that crayfish of different specifications were being sorted, boxed, and transported in a tight and orderly manner. Kang Jun, the person in charge of “Shrimp Valley”, introduced that a cold chain logistics attempt to reduce costs and increase efficiency is underway here. In just 6 to 16 hours, Qianjiang crayfish can be transported to more than 500 large and medium-sized cities across the country, including Urumqi and Sanya, with a freshness level of over 95%.
Behind the achievements of the “fresh” people, Qianjiang “Shrimp Valley” has done a lot of homework. Cold chain refers to the supply chain system for low-temperature transportation, storage, and other aspects of perishable food. “Shrimp Valley” uses Big data to calculate the best transportation route, set foam boxes in layers to reduce road damage, precisely design the packing box gap to give consideration to heat preservation and breathing, and attach an ID card to each case of crawfish to track the whole process data… It is fine, solid and strict, and strives to achieve zero dead angle, zero blind area, and zero omissions for each case of crawfish. Ensure that the cold chain products are always in the specified temperature environment during the whole process of storage, transportation, distribution, etc., and try to ensure the quality and safety of fresh agricultural products through temperature control, preservation and other technical processes and facilities and equipment such as Cooler. It is this strong layout of cold chain logistics infrastructure that has brought about considerable market prices for local crayfish. In addition to Jianghan Plain, farmers and businesses in Anhui, Hunan, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Sichuan and other places also send crayfish to Qianjiang.
Reducing costs, improving services, improving efficiency, improving quality, and continuously shortening the distance between fresh food from farmland to the dining table are the original intention of agricultural product chain cold chain logistics. In the past, due to the underdeveloped cold chain logistics, an astonishing amount of vegetables and fruits were lost in transportation every year. A large number of agricultural products were easily spoiled, squeezed, and deformed, making it difficult to go long or far. Cold chain logistics, as a professional logistics, has stirred up both the market’s demand for fresh food and the strong supply of agricultural products. While providing fresher ingredients for the market, it also creates favorable conditions for farmers to increase their income.
With the improvement of people’s living standards, the demand for freshness of agricultural products is also increasing day by day. Logistics is a problem that industry development and growth will inevitably face. The length of delivery time is supported by costs. Refrigerated trucks, related cold chain logistics facilities, and the professional Technological literacy of operators are key factors affecting the quality and efficiency of cold chain distribution. The successful experience of “Shrimp Valley” tells us that in order for the cold chain to escape the heat effect, it is necessary to strictly abide by market laws, promote the deep integration of modern agriculture and modern commerce, integrate the industrial chain and supply chain, achieve efficient, stable, and safe logistics distribution of overall products, and achieve cost reduction and efficiency increase in the “short delivery” process by continuously weaving the supply chain.
Post time: Aug-09-2023