Mars Logistics, one of Turkey's leading logistics companies, continues its sustainable growth and closes 2022 with a turnover of 515 million euros and a growth of 29% on a euro basis. Established in 1989, Mars Logistics offers all logistics services to its customers in an integrated manner, with 2344 employees, 38 branches and warehouses in total at home and abroad.Mars Logistics, one of Turkey's leading logistics companies, continues its sustainable growth and closes 2022 with a turnover of 515 million euros and a growth of 29% on a euro basis. Established in 1989, Mars Logistics offers all logistics services to its customers in an integrated manner, with 2344 employees, 38 branches and warehouses in total at home and abroad.
In his statement, Mars Logistics Chairman of the Board Garip Sahillioğlu stated that they will close the year 2022 with a turnover of 515 million Euros and a growth of 29% and said: “We had targeted 10% growth in 2022, we achieved a growth above our target with 29% at the end of the year. Our target in 2023 is 12% growth.”
Stating that they provide service to approximately 8,000 companies in all sectors, including approximately 500 companies in the automotive sector and 2,000 companies in the textile sector, Sahillioğlu stated that their growth strategies at home and abroad will continue.
Investments will continue in 2023
Mars Logistics, which is one of the youngest and largest fleets in Turkey, with a fleet of 4,000 self-owned vehicles, carries out complete/partial import and export road transport for key sectors of foreign trade, especially automotive, textile, retail, construction, cosmetics and energy. will continue to invest in the fleet. In addition to the 60 million euro fleet investment it made last year, the company plans to invest around 30 million euros in 2023.
Incorporating 90 self-owned wagons in 2022, Mars Logistics is the first company to export to Europe with its owner's wagons produced and registered in Turkey with this investment. Stating that they aim to increase the number of self-owned wagons to 180 in 2023, Sahillioğlu said that they will increase the number of weekly train services between Trieste - Halkalı - Europe to 42 and they plan to add new routes for railway transportation.
Focus on “sustainability”
“Thanks to our investments in sustainable transport modes and our intermodal and rail transports, we saved 61% compared to the previous year and prevented the emission of equivalent emissions from 1.6 million trees.” said Sahillioğlu, underlined that green logistics studies and sustainability studies will continue.
Referring to the Hadımköy Logistics Center Rooftop Solar Power Plant project, Sahillioğlu said, “Sustainability is one of the issues we focus on the most. We act with a business approach that respects nature, both in transportation modes and in every field within the company. In this context, apart from the waste management activities, rain water harvesting, and documentless office portals, we have produced more energy than the energy consumed by all domestic facilities of Mars, with our Hadımköy Logistics Center Roof Top SPP project, which we have implemented in the past years. In this way, with the electricity produced; We saved 1,472 tons of CO2e in 2021 and 1,516 tons of CO2e in 2022.” said.
Stating that they published the Corporate Sustainability Manifesto in 2022, Sahillioğlu said that their work and renewable energy investments will continue in 2023 and beyond, and that the number of customers for whom they regularly calculate and report carbon emissions has increased by 70% compared to the previous year.
In 2023, Mars will switch to net zero emission construction equipment in its logistics warehouses, thanks to renewable energy produced with lithium-ion battery construction machines and electrical equipment, which are renewed within the scope of the "Work Equipment Renovation Project". The company, which will also publish its Sustainability Report this year, will also receive the ISO 50001 Energy Management System certificate.
Stating that they opened the Technopark office in 2022 to further expand their R&D activities, Sahillioğlu emphasized that they will increase the programs and projects they produce in 2023.
32% increase in the number of employees
Increasing the number of its employees by 32% in 2022, Mars Logistics plans to increase this number by 10% in 2023. In addition to the hybrid working system that started in 2020, the human-oriented working system of Mars Logistics, which introduced the flexible working model in 2022 in order to ensure the work-private life balance of the employees, will continue in 2023.
Truck drivers of the future continue to grow on Mars with Driver Academy
In 2022, 149 people attended the Mars Driver Academy, which was launched in 2021 and is open to young people who are interested in the profession of truck driver but do not have the necessary training and documents. The Academy will continue in 2023. Sahillioğlu said, “We continue to advocate for gender equality in Mars Driving Academy, as in all areas of Mars, and we welcome all candidates, male and female, to our academy.” said.