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SkyCell in strategic alliance with Du Pont
SkyCell and Du Pont have announced a strategic alliance for the pharmaceuticals cool chain sector.SkyCell, which manufactures temperature-controlled containers for food and pharmaceuticals, will link up with DuPont Safety & Construction (DuPont), a division of DowDuPont, one of the world’s largest specialty product companies.A joint statement said that the alliance ...
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ULD CARE launches online platform for Code of Conduct sign-up
ULD CARE has launched an online process to allow industry organisations to sign up to the the association's Code of Conduct, a voluntary set of principles to ensure proper handling of the Unit Load Device (ULD), airfreight's "unspoken hero".According to IATA, there are some 900,000 ULDs in circulation with a ...
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Jettainer signs up for the ten golden rules in preventing ULD damage
Jettainer, the outsourced ULD management specialist, has signed up to new code of conduct for better handling of airfreight containers.The "Ten Rules for ULDs", published by ULD CARE, a not-for-profit Canadian corporation, are intended primarily to help reduce preventable damage to airfreight containers and pallets through the raising of staff ...
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Air France-KLM is launch customer for CSafe Global's RAP e-container
Air France KLM Martinair Cargo (AF-KLMP) has joined hands with CSafe Global to launch the ULD pharma specialists' new RAP e-container.A spokesperson for the Franco-Netherlands carrier said: "As the most robust operational container, this new electrical container will allow us to offer state-of-the-art service to our customers in the pharmaceutical ...
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Jettainer Think-A-Thon yields results
Jettainer’s three-day Think-A-Thon at the Air Cargo China event in Shanghai yielded several ideas which will now be studied in detail by the ULD management firm.The Think-A-Thon saw 25 students from Tongji University work in five groups to develop ideas for the application of blockchain technology in global supply chains.One ...
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Jettainer think-a-thon in Shanghai
Outsourced ULD manager Jettainer has launched a three-day Think-A-Thon at the start of Transport Logistic China in Shanghai.Together with 25 logistics students from Tongji University, the Lufthansa Cargo subsidiary is going about a thinking marathon. The aim is to search directly on the international industry platform for new approaches for ...
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Envirotainer adds Atlanta to RAP e2 network in the US
Specialist pharma-chain ULD provider Envirotainer is increasing its flagship RAP e2 network in the US by adding Atlanta as its eighth station.The RAP e2 is an active temperature-controlled air cargo container that can maintain product temperatures between 0 and +25°C.Envirotainer said that the move is part of its strategy to ...
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Jettainer's shake, rattle and roll-out of next generation digital containers
Jettainer, the outsourced ULD management subsidiary of Lufthansa Cargo, has started testing its enhanced digital container.Together with IT experts from Lufthansa Industry Solutions, Jettainer has revised the original device and equipped it with new functions.The focus is now on "registering and recording shocks and damage" as well as temperature changes, ...
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DoKaSch appoints new Americas chief executive
DoKaSch Americas has appointed Douglas Wettergren as chief executive.Wettergren’s main duties will be sales and business development for DoKaSch’s Opticooler RAP and RKN temperature controlled ULDs to pharmaceutical and forwarding companies.“Douglas knows the needs of the pharmaceutical industry, especially regarding cool-chain transports from the inside out,” said Andreas Seitz, managing ...
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Csafe appoints Pepperworth as new chief executive
Cool chain packaging firm CSafe Global has appointed Jeff Pepperworth as its new chief executive.The appointment follows Brian Kohr’s decision to resign as president and chief executive to allow him time to pursue other interests. Kohr will continue to serve on CSafe’s board of directors.Pepperworth previously served as president of ...
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DoKaSch appoints Behne as global sales director
DoKaSch Temperature Solutions has named Andreas Behne as global sales director in a newly created position to expand the global use of its Opticooler climate-controlled air cargo container.Behne reports directly to Andreas Seitz, managing director of DoKaSch Temperature Solutions.Behne has been working in leading positions in international logistics for more ...
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Cathay Pacific Cargo partners with va-Q-tec for thermal containers
Cathay Pacific Cargo has partnered with va-Q-tec to use its advanced passive thermal containers which are designed to maintain a constant temperature during transportation for more than five days.Cathay Pacific's general manager cargo service delivery, Frosti Lau, said: “These advanced passive thermal containers can offer steady temperature-controlled conditions for several ...
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ABC sticks with Unilode
Russian all-cargo carrier AirBridgeCargo Airlines has extended its ULD management agreement with Unilode until mid-2023.The partnership dates back to 2004 and involves over 10,000 ULDs.Sergey Lazarev, AirBridgeCargo general director, said: “AirBridgeCargo is pleased to continue its long-term partnership with Unilode that has developed an intimate understanding of our requirements during ...
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Unilode: digitising ULDs
ULD provider Unilode Aviation Solutions intends to implement a ULD tracking system in cooperation with OnAsset Intelligence and a leading ULD manufacturer.Based on a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) tag fully embedded into the structure of the ULDs, which is supported by a global interoperable reader infrastructure, the initiative will be ...
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Ethiopian signs cool chain lease agreement with Envirotainer
Envirotainer has signed a global Master Lease Agreement (MLA) with Ethiopian Airlines, the first time that the cool chain ULD specialist has partnered with an airline based in Africa.Fitsum Abady, managing director of Ethiopian Cargo and Logistics Services, said: "In this highly lucrative market the application of active temperature controlled ...
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Ethiopian Cargo signs up for Opticooler ULDs
Ethiopian Airlines has signed up to use DoKaSch Temperature Solutions Opticooler pharma ULDs.The Opticooler is equipped with battery powered cooling compressors and heaters as well as a self-regulating temperature control, so that the temperature of sensitive goods, in particular pharmaceuticals such as insulin and vaccines, stay well within range at ...
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Qatar Airways Cargo receives Envirotainer quality accreditation
Qatar Airways Cargo has received the Qualified Envirotainer Provider Training and Quality Programme (QEP) accreditation at five of its destinations: Amsterdam, Basel, Paris, Chicago, and at its Doha hub.The QEP programme recognises air cargo carriers that operate Envirotainer containers in compliance with Good Distribution Practice (GDP) for pharmaceutical products.Qatar Airways’ ...
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Hong Kong Air Cargo appoints ULD Partner
Hong Kong Air Cargo has signed an agreement which sees ULD Partner provide planning, inventory management and tracking services for the freighter airline’s ULD fleet on flights between Hangzhou in China and Chicago.A spokesperson for ULD Partner said that both parties plan to extend the service to remaining routes “in ...
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Peli to expand its pharma packaging rental service with new service centres
Temperature controlled container firm Peli Bio Thermal will add 12 new service centres to its operations over the coming year as it looks to expand its Crēdo on Demand rental operation.The company recently appointed Dominic Hyde as vice president of Crēdo on Demand to oversee the development, as reported in ...
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ABC and DHL complete a multi-modal RKN vaccine shipment to Miami
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has completed a successful multi-modal pharma trial shipment for DHL Global Forwarding (DGF) to deliver healthcare products from Moscow to Miami.The shipment, which replaced real vaccines with service water for test purposes, used an RKN active cargo container in accordance with Good Distribution Practice (GDP) cool chain ...