BCUBE focusing on specialist cargo sectors
Despite challenging economic conditions Italian air cargo handler BCUBE air cargo continues to invest – notably in assets and high-specialised personnel, which it says has helped it deliver positive results this year writes Justin Burns. Following interest of some airlines to increase freighter frequencies to Milan Malpensa Airport, BCUBE expects to improve its performance especially […]
Cyber Freight gains IATA CEIV Pharma certificate
Cyber Freight Amsterdam a subsidiary of Cyber Freight International and a member of Pharma Gateway Amsterdam, has been awarded the International Air Transport Association’s CEIV Pharma certificate. The company says CEIV is in line with the goals set by Pharma Gateway Amsterdam, the initiative of ACN and Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, of which Cyber Freight is a member […]
Envirotainer aiming to give access to ULD solutions
As pharmaceutical companies experience significant transition, Envirotainer is working closely with customers to ensure they have access to the right solutions across the supply chain, deputy chief executive officer, Mattias Almgren tells ACW staff writer James Muir. He says Envirotainer’s global network provides the consistency the market requires, which along with significant investments, means it can […]
UPS expands healthcare logistics portfolio with Marken acquisition
UPS is to further expand into healthcare logistics with the acquisition of Marken, a provider of supply chain services to the life sciences industry. Under the deal, Marken will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of UPS and will gain access to UPS’s global network. UPS announced expanded logistics capabilities for clinical trials in July, […]
Kuehne + Nagel brings KN PharmaChain to Puerto Rico
Kuehne + Nagel (KN) is bringing its KN PharmaChain network to Puerto Rico with temperature controlled warehousing space in its San Juan facility. The facility, one mile from Luis Munoz Marin International Airport, offers cold storage from 2-8C, dry ice and gel pack capabilities to cool down temperature-controlled shipments in transit, GDP/GXP best storage and […]
VIDEO: Building The Pharma Business
Brussels Airport was the first gateway to gain the International Air Transport Association’s CEIV Pharma certificate and is one of the pioneers and forward thinkers of handling pharmaceuticals. Azura Productions spoke to Brussels Airport Company’s head of cargo, Steven Polmans, and cargo & product development manager, Nathan de Valck about developments in pharma transportation at Brussels Airport […]
VIDEO: Zipline starts drone deliveries for blood transfusions in Rwanda
Zipline operated drones have started making emergency deliveries of blood to transfusing facilities in Rwanda as part of an international partnership between UPS, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and Zipline. The Rwandan government will start using drones to make up to 150 on-demand, emergency deliveries a day to 21 facilities in the Western half of the […]
TEAM-UP pharma-logistics initiative launched
The TEAM-UP pharma-logistics initiative has been founded with the aim to improve corporate efficiencies, better overall sector performance and enhanced patient/user safety when it goes live in January 2017. The initiative was announced at the International Air Transport Association AirPharma Conference in Brussels on 12 October and is modelled around supply chain models from other […]
Collaboration the key to a better supply chain
Investments in facilities, staff training, dollies and other areas to meet the demand of the cool chain are certainly one of the main trends in the supply chain, as businesses look to take advantage of the opportunities on offer, especially in pharmaceuticals and healthcare. The 4th Cool Chain Association (CCA) Pharma & Bioscience Conference takes […]
Cool chain cargo continues to be a priority for Cargolux
Cargolux Airlines International has been busy adding to its network over the last few months across the globe, and cool chain cargo remains one if its priority targets for growth. Indeed, the carrier added a service last week to San Juan in Puerto Rico – specifically targeting the sector as it sees opportunities in the […]
More transparency and collaboration needed in the cool chain
Pertinent issues in the cool chain sector came under the spotlight at the Cool Chain Association’s (CCA) 4th Pharma and Biosciences Conference in Dubai from 19-20 September. Delegates at the JW Marriott Marquis heard from a range of speakers during the two-day event with much debate focusing on the need for transparency and collaboration in […]
SAS Cargo working towards gaining CEIV Pharma
The pharmaceutical cargo sector is proving to be a major opportunity for air cargo carriers and SAS Cargo is targeting growth in the market, reports Justin Burns. To grow its pharma volumes, the Scandinavian airline is working towards gaining the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Center of Excellence for Independent Validators in Pharmaceutical Logistics (CEIV […]
Emirates opens GDP certified SkyPharma facility in Dubai
Emirates SkyCargo unveiled its purpose-built pharmaceutical facility at Dubai International Airport (DXB) at a press event in Dubai today. Members of the media including Air Cargo Week were given a tour of the Emirates SkyPharma facility and attended the official opening. His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, chairman of chief executive of Emirates Airlines and […]
GSF says aviation needs global climate change deal
The aviation sector must agree a global deal to tackle climate change says the Global Shippers’ Forum (GSF) in its new Aviation Emissions Policy Statement – pointing out the importance of airfreight to shippers. GSF says the sector is a key enabler of economic growth and social development – and represents two per cent of global carbon emissions, […]
Pharma investments made by IAG Cargo paying off
IAG Cargo’s Constant Climate (CC) product has been running for 10 years and continues to go from strength to strength, providing a boost in a challenging marketplace. The temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals market is a growing area of premium cargo and has seen 8-10 per cent growth. IAG Cargo’s global head of pharmaceuticals and life sciences, Alan […]
DHL SmartSensor passes the 1 million mark
DHL Global Forwarding has passed one million SmartSensor shipments since 2010 – a product which it says ensures “end-to-end monitoring for highly sensitive life sciences and healthcare freight. The SmartSensor’s GPS and RFID technology offers near real-time tracking of shipments and powers DHL’s key temperature-controlled products including DHL Air Thermonet and DHL Ocean Thermonet. Over […]
New fulfillment centre for va-Q-tec
va-Q-tec has opened a new Fulfillment Centre for its serviced rental business at the company’s headquarters in Wuerzburg. At the site, various high-performance packaging systems, from thermal transport boxes to airfreight containers, are prepared for each customer’s transport requirements – meeting the demands of pharmaceutical and temperature-sensitive cargo. va-Q-tec says healthcare companies are particularly dependent on […]
Yusen Logistics Indonesia gains GDP certification
Yusen Logistics Indonesia has been awarded the highest standard of quality certification for pharmaceuticals transportation – Good Distribution Practices (GDP) certification. The company is the first logistics business in Indonesia to acquire the industry standard of quality for the storage and transport of medical and pharma products. Yusen Logistics Indonesia says with demand for advanced quality rising, it invested […]
Pockets of opportunity despite slow growth rates for American
American Airlines Cargo has faced the same headwinds with slowing growth rates, but senior manager – cargo strategy and partnerships, Lori Sinn Sr says there are pockets of opportunity. Sinn says American is expanding its Los Angeles hub into the Pacific, while investments in facilities like Dallas Fort-Worth (DFW) and San Juan will increase its […]
Premium products the main focus for Swiss
SWISS WorldCargo is investing in premium products, which are performing well while overall demand proves sluggish, head of marketing Alain Guerin tells Air Cargo Week. Guerin says business has been challenging due to events outside of SWISS’s control, such as falling oil prices and the Swiss franc /euro exchange rate, but he says special products […]
Pharma focus for Virgin Atlantic Cargo
Virgin Atlantic Cargo is increasing its investment in temperature-controlled services after more than doubling its share of the pharmaceutical market from the UK to North America since the launch of its Cool Chain product two years ago. Heading the strategy is Darren Sherlock in the newly-created role of manager for products and partnerships. He helped develop […]
IJS Global GEFCO obtains wholesaler dealer distribution at Heathrow
IJS Global GEFCO UK has been granted a Wholesale Dealer Authorisation (WDA) by UK regulatory body, the Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) for operations at its London Heathrow site. The firm’s operations in the Netherlands already have WDA certification. Both countries are now able to store medicinal products in full compliance of EU regulations. IJS Global […]
Kuala Lumpur service booming for IAG Cargo
A year since IAG Cargo’s Heathrow to Kuala Lumpur route launch on a British Airways bellyhold service – IAG says it has “exceeded expectations”, proving itself a “valuable gateway” for manufacturers and high-tech shippers. The carrier says demand from pharmaceutical customers has also been high and since the launch in May last year, IAG Cargo has seen […]
Brussels Airport on the recovery path after terrorist attacks
The terrorist attacks at Brussels Airport on 22 March had a huge impact, but the airport is recovering and getting back to its growth path. There was little disruption to freighters, which were only stopped for 24 hours before getting back to normal, but bellyhold cargo took a significant hit. The gateway’s head of cargo, […]
EuroAirport to push for IATA’s CEIV pharma certification
EuroAirport is to implement the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) Center of Excellence for Independent Validators in Pharmaceutical Logistics (CEIV Pharma) certification programme. The Swiss gateway will work to achieve it in co-operation with other stakeholders of the airfreight industry operating at the gateway. This certification it says will help reinforce EuroAirport’s position as one of the major […]
Imbalance between exports and imports continues in Israel
Exports from Israel are down and there continues to remain a market imbalance between exports and imports. CAL Cargo Airlines vice president for commercial Ronen Regerman explains to Air Cargo Week: “Exports from Israel are down and prices are lowered since most are highly dependent on the season, while import remains strong. There is stronger […]
DHL opens pharma centre at Amsterdam Schiphol
DHL Global Forwarding has opened a new logistics centre for life science and healthcare products at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. The Life Science Competence Center is located next to the airport at the business park Schiphol Southeast. It serves as a hub for the transport, transport preparation, temporary storage, and transport follow-up of active and passive […]
FedEx opens Cold Chain Centre in Memphis
FedEx Express has opened its FedEx Cold Chain Centre at the FedEx Express World Hub in Memphis, to cater for expected double-digit growth in cold chain logistics to Europe. The 83,000 square foot facility is designed to protect the integrity of temperature sensitive healthcare shipments and forms an integral part of FedEx’s cold chain network. […]
Call for standardisation of pharma handling across supply chain
CAL Cargo Airlines has long been at the forefront of the movement of temperature sensitive cargo. The Israeli carrier has its main hub at Liege Airport and was the first to gain the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) Center of Excellence for Independent Validators (CEIV) pharmaceutical certificate across both airline and ground handling operations. CAL […]
Swiss WorldCargo signs container partnership with va-Q-tec
Swiss WorldCargo has signed a partnership agreement with va-Q-tec for passive cold chain containers to support pharmaceutical manufacturers and forwarders shipping temperature sensitive products. The partnership was signed at SWISS’s Zurich headquarters on 18 April by va-Q-tec managing director, Dominic Hyde and SWISS head of cargo, Ashwin Bhat. va-Q-tec’s portfolio includes five container sizes taking […]