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NewsAbu Dhabi leads Covid vaccine Hope Consortium
Abu Dhabi is spearheading the launch of the Hope Consortium to facilitate Covid-19 vaccine distribution across the world, amid an anticipated surge in specialist pharma supply chain demand.Comprising a membership of leading Abu Dhabi and global entities, the Hope Consortium represents a complete supply chain solution to address vaccine transport, ...
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NewsCSafe opens Shanghai service centre for pharma containers
ULD producer CSafe has expanded its cool chain service offering in China by opening a new service centre at Shanghai Pudong International Airport to meet demand growth.The facility will allow the company to extend support and services to customers transporting pharma products in its containers to and from Shanghai and ...
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NewsABC transports a 'record' 27 Envirotainers on a single flight
AirBridgeCargo B747AirBridgeCargo (ABC) has completed a "record transportation" of 27 RKN Envirotainer containers onboard a single flight, delivering an urgent vaccine product from Milan to Beijing via Moscow.The Boeing 747-8F flight was carried out on behalf of Kuehne+Nagel Italy, with all 27 active containers delivered to ground handling company ALHA ...
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UPS announces several new drone projects
Express firm UPS has announced several new projects to develop its drone delivery operation.The company today announced new drone delivery service in support of the University of Utah Health hospital campuses, in partnership with drone manufacturer Matternet. The University of Utah campus programme will involve drone deliveries of samples and ...
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Saudia Cargo achieves pharma GDP certification
Saudia Cargo has achieved European Union Good Distribution Practice (EU GDP) certification for its pharma operations.The certification was carried out by SGS. The airline the achievement demonstrated that its storage and transportation services meet "all international requirements".“This certificate recognizes that Saudia Cargo maintains and complies with the quality management standards ...
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NewsKuehne + Nagel expands its Geel pharma facility
Kuehne + Nagel has upgraded and expanded its pharma hub in Geel, Belgium that offers multimodal, temperature-controlled forwarding and warehousing services.The new Geel facility is also fully GxP compliant and certified - meaning it meets pharma handling and storage requirements of various countries.It also has two cold chambers to handle ...
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Envirotainer upgrades its Liège station to handle RAP e2 containers
Cold chain ULD provider Envirotainer has upgraded its Liège network station to also be able to handle the RAP e2 container.Liège is the 34th location in the Envirotainer network to carry the RAP e2 solution and the upgrade will help to reduce the need to truck the containers between stations.Niklas ...
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NewsCaspian Air Cargo Summit: Silkway West enhances perishable cargo processing capabilities
At the Caspian Air Cargo Summit, Silkway West highlighted the importance of speed and maintaining the temperature-controlled seal in pharma and perishable logistics.Samir Shirin, vice president ISMEA (Indian subcontinent, Middle East and Asia), Silkway West airlines, revealed that compared with 2018, this year’s total chargeable weight (for global air freight) ...
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NewsWFS opens new pharma centre at Copenhagen Airport
The official opening of WFS new pharma centre in CopenhagenWorldwide Flight Services (WFS) has opened a new pharma facility at Copenhagen Airport to meet growing demand.The new 1,500 sq m building provides end-to-end handling in a temperature-controlled environment for 2-8°C pharma products incorporating acceptance, offload, pre-storage, build-up and storage for ...
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NewsPanalpina's new Frankfurt pharma centre gains GDP approval
Newly GDP-certified -Panalpina’s Healthcare Logistics Center Frankfurt-Main. Photo - Miriam De Giorgi, PanalpinaPanalpina’s newly opened Healthcare Logistics Center in Weiterstadt near Frankfurt/Main Airport has obtained Good Distribution Practice (GDP) certification.On August 6, the facility has successfully passed an audit by inspection, verification, testing and certification company SGS and is now ...
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Air cargo must invest to prepare for personalised medicines
A new report from DHL Global Forwarding and American Airlines Cargo has outlined the investments the logistics industry needs to make to prepare for the growth of personalised medicines in Latin America.The report “Patients, Processes and Partnerships: The Path to Personalized Medicine in Latin America” looks at the future of ...
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Kuehne+Nagel signs up with Vienna Airport's pharma handling centre
Kuehne+Nagel has signed up to use the Vienna Pharma Handling Center at the city's airport.The freight forwarder said that as a result of the deal it would have access to its own, exclusive handling area, at the new 1,600 sq m centre.Julian Jäger, member of the Management Board (COO) of ...
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NewsPolar Thermal adds new packaging system
Polar Thermal has launched a new lightweight, single use, modular system, the ‘PolarPod’, for deep frozen, chilled or ambient shipments.With a liner of insulated foil wrapped Polartherm fibre and appropriate coolants/gel packs/phase change packs, the system will deliver the following results over either 30, 48 or 72 hours: Deep Frozen ...
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United becomes first US carrier to offer SkyCell containers for pharma
United Cargo will become the first US carrier to lease and transport the temperature-sensitive containers manufactured by SkyCell.United said that the SkyCell boxes have a "highly secure and efficient design" that features "patented insulation and a special rechargeable cooling technology".Each container is equipped with Internet of Things (IoT) sensors that ...
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NewsSIA Cargo signs three-year lease deal for pharma containers
SIA Cargo B747Singapore Airlines (SIA) has signed a three-year deal to lease temperature-controlled pharma containers from SkyCell.The deal will see SkyCell provide the airline with its THRUCOOL containers.The units are designed to maintain pharmaceutical products between +2 to +8 degrees Celsius or +15 to +25 degrees Celsius under extreme ambient ...