Miller Magazine Issue: 150 June 2022

68 COVER STORY MILLER / JUNE 2022 While sector is preparing itself for post-pandemic world order, grain supply chain has faced a great threat due to war occurs between Ukrain and Rus- sia which are main suppliers of grains to global market. Storage of grain becomes a national se- curity matter because of things happened during pandemic era. Every government in the world fo- cused on its own interests during chaos occured by Covid-19’s uncertainty. So self-sufficient policies in food supply were keeping agenda of each gov- ernment in the world. The war in Ukraine twisted the knife in the wound. Cey Group, one of the leading port-operating group of companies in Turkey, is mainly provides services of logistic, storage, bagging and distribu- tion for imported wheat, corn, soyabean, barley, etc. Total storage capacity of Cey Group reaches to 2 million tons by incorporating a new port in Tekirdag province of Turkey. The company decided to build a new facility for grain storage consists of grain silos and warehaus- es to manage services in the Marmara Region. Alt- inbilek, which is main supplier of Cey Group for more than 20 years for projects built in sea ports and dry ports, supplied the storage and handling equipments, which included 6 circular silos with capacity of 30.000 tons, each 5.000 tons and 25.000 tons flat store as well as conveying systs- mes with capacities of 600 tph charging to silos and 400 tph discharging from silos. Additonally, silos were equipped with side discharge chutes to apply operations with less energy consumption which sector is also under a great preassure with pandemic and war. This strategic step of investment from the compa- ny during pandemic was highly welcomed by Altin- bilek and contract was signed in last weeks of 2020. Project implementation and assembly were started on March 2021 and completed on December 2021. Despite sharp lockdowns effecting transportation, manufacturing, assembly during mentioned year, Altinbilek’s project team worked selflessly and pro- fesionally to complete commissioning of the project. Project was built by thinking strategic storage and logistic of imported grains to keep sustainabil- ity of sectors related to foodstuff and feedstuff in Food security programs keep importance for national security of each country. Stocking of grains becomes more important during crises and each country has to shape its own destiny. Grain silo manufacturers will be receiving more demand when investors get rid of first shock vawe of chaos in world economy because of the war in Ukrain while removing precautions of Covid-19 pandemic. The vitality of grain storage Sedat Demirbas International Sales Executive Altinbilek Group Companies