Despite the fraught economic and geopolitical situation in 2022, the Militzer & Münch country in Turkey was able to close the year successfully – and the company has ambitious plans for the future.
In 2022, the Militzer & Münch team in Turkey demonstrated that difficult times also offer opportunities. The country unit had to cope with challenges such as the aftermath of the Corona pandemic, increased freight costs, and supply chain bottlenecks, as well as the negative development of the Turkish economy and the situation in Ukraine.
“Thanks to our strong position in Turkey, it was easy for us to adapt to the requirements, thus turning disadvantages into opportunities,” says Ender Atat, Deputy Managing Director at Militzer & Münch Turkey. Alex Sandalcidis adds: “We defined new strategies and introduced new structures on different routes and with different transport modes so that we were able to still meet customer requirements.”
Militzer & Münch Turkey transports a variety of commodities, including textiles, automotive products, industrial goods, oil and gas equipment, and chemical products. Road haulage accounts for the largest percentage among the transport modes. Combining carriers is becoming increasingly important, and the staff’s expertise in intermodal and multimodal solutions offers significant benefits to customers.
“Logistics is a people business, and that’s why we have started to invest more in people,” says Cem Ulusoy, Managing Director at Militzer & Münch Turkey. Plans for the future include personnel expansion, reinforcement of sales and marketing departments, more investment in overseas sales activities, and further steps to strengthen the role in intermodal and multimodal transports.
Plans are also in place to further expand the project logistics segment and to cooperate more intensively with the Militzer & Münch Group and partners in countries where Militzer & Münch is not yet represented. The company will also continue investing in digitalization and, in 2023, launch a new IT-based system for more transparency in planning future projects.